Elmira - Washington DC

On June 23, 1967 at 02:47 PM, Elmira - Washington DC experienced a crash involving BAc 111, operated by Mohawk Airlines, with the event recorded near Blossburg Pennsylvania.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

34 people were known to be on board, 34 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 30, passenger fatalities: 30, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Elmira-Corning Airport at 1439LT on a schedule flight to Washington-National Airport, carrying 30 passengers and a crew of four. After takeoff, the crew was cleared to climb to FL160 when the airplane went into a nose-down attitude, plunged into the earth and crashed in a huge explosion in a wooded area located one mile east of Blossburg, Pennsylvania. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and none of the 34 occupants survived the crash.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1116J, MSN 98, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.6795°, -77.0639°.