Plane Crash List

Fairchild FH-227 N378NE

11 December 1969 · Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 December 1969 at about 06:55 local time, a Fairchild FH-227 registered N378NE, operated by Northeast Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 06:55
Classification
Incident
Location
Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States
Nearest airport
Bradley
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Fairchild FH-227
Registration
N378NE
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Route
Boston, Mass → S
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
4-0032

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RUDDER CABLE TENSION REGULATOR CTL ARM FAILED. DISCONNECTED PUSH-PULL ROD ON T/O FROM BOSTON.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Fairchild FH-227 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
11 Jan 1969 Fairchild FH-227
N7710
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
Piedmont Aviation, Inc. Serious injuries -
2 Feb 1969 Fairchild FH-227
N4232
St.louis, Missouri, United States
no coordinates
Ozark Air Lines, Inc. Fatal -
9 May 1969 Fairchild FH-227
N708U
Ashland, Kentucky, United States
no coordinates
Piedmont Aviation, Inc. No injuries -
22 Jan 1969 Fairchild FH-227
N4224
Springfield, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
Ozark Air Lines, Inc. No injuries -
8 May 1969 Fairchild FH-227
N4215
Chicago, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
Ozark Air Lines, Inc. No injuries -
15 Sep 1970 Fairchild FH-227
N7810M
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
Mohawk Airlines, Inc. No injuries -

All 21 records for this type

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