New York-LaGuardia - Albany

On March 3, 1972 at 08:48 PM, New York-LaGuardia - Albany experienced a crash involving Fairchild-Hiller FH-227, operated by Mohawk Airlines, with the event recorded near Albany New York.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

48 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 31 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 35.4%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 44, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Albany by night and marginal weather conditions, the crew encountered technical problems with the left engine propeller cruise lock system. The propeller could not be feathered and the airplane lost height and eventually crashed onto two houses located 3,8 miles short of runway 01 threshold. Two crew members and 14 passengers as well as one people on the ground were killed. The aircraft and two houses were destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N7818M, MSN 541, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.6512°, -73.7550°.