Boeing 727-200 crash, Dec 1, 1974 (92 killed), Mt Weather...
Boeing 727-200 accident on December 1, 1974 near Mt Weather Virginia, United States with 92 fatalities. Cause: The crew descended to 1,800 feet before...
- Date: December 1, 1974
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Mt Weather Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 92
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew descended to 1,800 feet before reaching the approach segment where that altitude applied. The NTSB attributed this largely to confusing air traffic control procedures and terminology, with contributing factors that included an unpublished approach routing and an unclear approach chart.
Trans World Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 727 on a scheduled service from Indianapolis to Washington with a stop in Columbus, was redirected to Dulles because of crosswinds at Washington National. At night, during a VOR DME approach in instrument conditions, the aircraft descended below the approach altitude and struck the west slope of Mount Weather, Virginia, killing all 92 people on board.