N172S

On March 19, 1968 at 09:55 AM, N172S experienced a crash involving Beechcraft G18S, operated by D. L. Peterson Trust, with the event recorded near Weston Vermont.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising under VFR mode in foggy conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain shrouded in clouds and located in the region of Weston. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N172S, MSN BA-541, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.2917°, -72.7932°.