- Date
- July 2, 1963
- Place
- Rochester, NY · ROCHESTER, NY
- Injuries
- 7 fatal, 30 serious, 6 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N449AMartin 404
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182083
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0008 63/7/2 ROCHESTER,NY MARTIN 404 CR- 2 1 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1549 N449A PX- 5 29 6 39, 15970 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 414 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHESTER-MONROE OPERATOR - MOHAWK AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN, HAIL OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 100 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF CONTROL DURING ATTEMPTED T/O INTO SEVERE TSTM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N449A
- Reported as
- Martin 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rochester-Monroe
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