Southern Airways, Inc., DC-9, N97S, operating as charter Flight 932, crashed during a landing attempt at the Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia, at approximately 1936 e.s.t., on November 14, 1970. All 75 occupants, including 71 passengers and four crewmembers, were fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The crash occurred following impact with trees on a hill approximately 1 mile west of the runway threshold. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment. (Author)
Aircraft Accident Report. Southern Airways, Inc. DC-9, N97S Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia. November 14, 1970
1972
88 pages
Report
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English
Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia
NTIS | 1971
Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia
NTIS | 1972
Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia
NTIS | 1972