At approximately 2314 e.d.t., October 24, 1971, Monmouth Airlines, Inc., scheduled air taxi Flight 98, a Beech Model 99, N986MA, crashed at approximately the 1,540-foot level of Blue Mountain during an instrument approach to the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The captain, copilot, and two passengers were fatally injured. The four remaining passengers were seriously injured. The aircraft caught fire shortly after impact. The cockpit and cabin area were destroyed. However, the surviving passengers were able to evacuate from the aircraft before fire reached the cabin area. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's nonadherence to approved approach procedures for executing a nonprecision instrument approach in instrument flight conditions. The Board further finds that there is a high degree of probability that the extensive on-duty time and actual instrument flight time prior to this accident resulted in the fatigue of both pilots, and affected their judgment and decisions during the approach. (Author)
Aircraft Accident Report. Monmouth Airlines, Inc. Scheduled Air Taxi, Beech 99, N-986MA Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport, Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1971
1971
20 pages
Report
No indication
English
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