Venice – Columbia – Wheeling

On February 24, 1974 at 02:52 PM, Venice – Columbia – Wheeling experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, operated by C %26 L Timber Company, with the event recorded near Williamstown West Virginia.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While descending to Williamstown, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with low ceiling, snow falls and icing conditions. At an altitude of 8,000 feet, the left engine failed and the pilot continued the approach on one engine until he was forced to initiate a go-around manoeuvre. While in traffic pattern-circling, the airplane went out of control, stalled and crashed few miles from the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9535Q, MSN LC-226, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.4000°, -81.4489°.