About 2248 e.d.t., on June 17, 1979, Air New England, Inc., Flight 248 crashed into a heavily wooded area about 1.5 nmi northeast of Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis, Massachusetts. The crash occurred during an instrument landing system approach to runway 24 in instrument meteorological conditions. Of the eight passengers and a crew of two aboard, the captain was killed, the first officer and six passengers were injured seriously, and two passengers received minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cuase of the accident was the failure of the flightcrew to recognize and react in a timely manner to the gross deviation from acceptable approach parameters, resulting in a continuation of the descent well below decision height during a precision approach without visual contact with the runway environment. Although the Board was unable to determine conclusively the reason for the failure to recognize and react to the gross deviation, it is believed that the degraded physiological condition of the captain seriously impaired his performance.
Aircraft Accident Report - Air New England, Inc., DeHavilland DHC-6-300, N383 EX, Hyannis, Massachusetts, June 17, 1979
1980
32 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Accident investigations , Aviation accidents , Crash landing , Instrument landing systems , Approach , Descent , Short takeoff aircraft , Casualties , Massachusetts , Twin Otter aircraft , Barnstable Municipal Airport , Hyannis(Massachusetts) , Human factors
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