Beechcraft 99 Airliner crash, Jan 6, 1974 (12 killed), Jo...
Beechcraft 99 Airliner accident on January 6, 1974 near Johnstown Pennsylvania, United States with 12 fatalities. Cause: Premature descent below a safe...
- Date: January 6, 1974
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 99 Airliner
- Location: Johnstown Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 12
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Premature descent below a safe approach slope, followed by a stall and loss of control. The reason for the early descent was not determined by the NTSB.
A Beechcraft 99 on a scheduled commuter flight from Pittsburgh descended below the approach slope in marginal weather. It struck approach lights and an embankment short of runway 33 at Johnstown and 12 people died. The operator's certificate was revoked afterwards.