AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT. MOHAWK AIRLINES, INC. FAIRCHILD HILLER FH-227B, N7818M, ALBANY, NEW YORK, MARCH 3, 1972

A Mohawk Airlines, Inc., FH-227B, crashed into an occupied house 3.5 miles south of Albany County Airport, New York, at 2048 e.s.t, March 3, 1972. Fourteen passengers, two pilots, and one occupant of the house died in the accident. Thirty-one passengers, the stewardess, and four occupants of the house were injured. The aircraft and the house were destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cuase of the accident was the inability of the crew to feather the left propeller. The board is unable to determine why the left propeller could not be feathered.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Office of Aviation Safety
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1973-4-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 81 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aircraft; Crash investigation; Crash landing; Dwellings; Failure; Fatalities; Instrument landing systems; Loss and damage; Passenger aircraft; Propellers
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Cruise pitch lock; Fh-227 b aircraft; Ntsb
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047330
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-AAR-73-8
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM