Martin 202 crash, Dec 1, 1959 (25 killed), Williamsport P...
Martin 202 accident on December 1, 1959 near Williamsport Pennsylvania, United States with 25 fatalities. Cause: Captain failed to execute a timely...
- Date: December 1, 1959
- Aircraft: Martin 202
- Location: Williamsport Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 25
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Captain failed to execute a timely abandoned approach; accidental caging of the fluxgate compass a likely contributing factor
Allegheny Airlines Flight 371, a scheduled service from Philadelphia toward Cleveland, crashed on Bald Eagle Mountain while manoeuvring to land at Williamsport in snow showers. Twenty five of the 26 people aboard died and one passenger survived, and the aircraft was destroyed. The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the captain's failure to execute a timely abandoned approach, with an accidentally caged compass as a likely contributing factor.