- Date
- June 23, 1967
- Place
- Blossburg, PA · BLOSSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 34 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1116JBritish AC 1-11
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 67/6/23 NR.BLOSSBURG,PA BRITISH AC 1-11 CR- 4 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1347 N1116J PX- 30 0 0 43, 13876 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 603 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - MOHAWK AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - AIR BLEED: BLEED VALUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- ENG AIR THRU MALFUNCTIONING NONRETURN,AND OPEN AIR DELIVERY VALVES IGNITED FIRE IN PLENUM CHAMBER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1116J
- Reported as
- British AC 1-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1116JRegistration cancelled Mar 15, 1971 · British BAC 1-11 204/AFAirframe modelBritish BAC 1-11 204/AF
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