Boston - Newburgh

On April 4, 1979 at 11:15 PM, Boston - Newburgh experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by Providence Air Charter, with the event recorded near Newburgh-Stewart New York.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Newburgh-Stewart Airport by night and marginal weather conditions, the pilot informed ATC about icing conditions but was vectored for a holding pattern due to heavy traffic. On short final, the twin engine airplane stalled and crashed about 1,600 feet short of runway threshold. The pilot, sole on board, was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N149PA, MSN BA-412, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.5075°, -74.0700°.