New York-LaGuardia – Pittsburgh

On November 18, 1980 at 01:53 AM, New York-LaGuardia – Pittsburgh experienced a crash involving Beechcraft H18, operated by Moonlight Express, with the event recorded near Troxelville Pennsylvania.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route on a cargo flight from New York-LaGuardia Airport to Pittsburgh, while cruising by night in poor weather conditions, the twin engine airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed on a mountain located near Troxelville, Pennsylvania. The wreckage was found three days later and the pilot, sole on board, was killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced due to foggy conditions and weather was poor with icing conditions.

Aircraft reference details include registration N701CC, MSN BA-740, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.8083°, -77.2134°.