Fairchild FH227C N380NE

Summary

On 25 October 1968 at about 17:17 local time, a Fairchild FH227C registered N380NE, operated by Northeast Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. 42 people were on board and 32 died, 8 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 October 1968 at 17:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

Nearest airport

Lebanon Regional

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Fairchild FH227C

Registration

N380NE

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Northeast Airlines, Inc.

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Boston, Mass → Montpelier, Vt

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

1-0024

32 people died.

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

NONSTNDRD INST APCH.NAV INSTS INDCD IMPNDG STA PSG DUE CRS RUFNESS.UN DTRMN POSIT.PREMATURE DSCNT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.