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The plane crashed near Montebello, Virginia, on the north face of Mine Bank Mountain at an elevation of 2,760 feet (840 m), in the vicinity of the Mine Bank Creek Trail in the George Washington National Forest. [9] Vegetation damage and crater at the site of the crash indicated fast, near-vertical descent. [1]
The flight experienced a mid-air collision with a Cessna 150. A major factor in the accident was the position of the sun at the time. December 1, 1974 92 0 0 TWA Flight 514: Mount Weather, near Bluemont: Virginia: Boeing 727-200: The aircraft crashed during an unstabilized approach when the aircraft descended prematurely. December 1, 1974 3 0 0
No survivors found after Cessna Citation plane wrecked in Virginia mountains following unauthorised flight over Washington, with thunder clap heard as two F-16s went supersonic in race to ...
The pilot of the private Cessna Citation jet that caused a panic in Washington DC on Sunday when it passed into restricted airspace before crashing into a heavily-wooded area in Virginia was seen ...
Virginia State Police said officers were notified of the potential crash shortly before 4 p.m. and rescuers reached the crash site by foot around four hours later. No survivors were found, police ...
The crash results in 19 deaths out of 21 passengers. [61] It was the deadliest ballooning disaster in history, surpassing the 1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash in Australia. [62] [63] June 29 - An in-air collision between a glider and a Cessna 150 killed four people and a dog near Whistler, B.C. [64]
The U.S. scrambled F-16s in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia ...
A USAF Convair T-29D-CO, 52-5826, c/n 52–25, [2] returning to Langley AFB, Virginia, from Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi, with seven Air Force personnel on board, suffers mid-air collision at 1836 hrs. with a Cessna 150H, N50430, of Cavalier Flyers, with two U.S. Navy personnel on board, 4.1 miles (6.5 km) W of Newport News, Virginia, the ...