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The crash was the first fatal accident in the history of Allegheny Airlines and was the deadliest until the 1969 crash of Allegheny Airlines Flight 853. Also the crash was the largest aviation incident in county history, and was the only deadly incident involving Williamsport Regional Airport until the Merion air disaster in 1991.
The aircraft a Convair CV-440 (serial number: 125) registered N8415H had 26,266 hours on the air frame and had been delivered to Allegheny in 1953. The flight crew included Captain Allen J. Lauber (36), who was hired in 1955 and was certified in the DC-3, CV240/340/440 as well as M 2-0-2.
All aboard initially survived the crash, with the fatalities occurring due to the subsequent fire. November 8, 1965 58 4 4 American Airlines Flight 383: Constance: Kentucky: Boeing 727-23: The crew descended prematurely during approach in deteriorating weather and crashed short of the runway due to their loss of altitude awareness. August 16 ...
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The first ground fatalities from an aircraft crash occurred on 21 July 1919, when the Wingfoot Air Express crash took place. The airship crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing three of the five occupants of the aircraft, in addition to ten people on the ground. [1]
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The crash was reported around 11:30 a.m. near the 2-mile marker close to U.S. 11 in the Williamsport area, a Maryland State Police spokesperson said in an email Thursday afternoon.