At 10:48 p.m. EDT on 17 June 1979, Flight 248, with eight passengers and a crew of two, crashed in a heavily wooded area in the Yarmouth Port section of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Barnstable Municipal Airport while on an instrument landing system (ILS) approach.[2] The crash occurred on the end of a flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. The aircraft, piloted by Air New England co-founder George Parmenter, was several miles short of the runway.
Crash
The aircraft crashed in the middle of Camp Greenough, a heavily wooded Boy Scouts of America camp. Parmenter was killed in the crash. The co-pilot and several passengers were injured.
An uninjured passenger managed to make her way through thick brush to the Mid Cape Highway (Route 6), and flagged down a passing car. The motorist drove her to the airport, where she alerted authorities to the crash. Rescuers, with the aid of a brush-clearing truck, were able to cut a swath through the brush to the crash site and aid the survivors.[3]
Book
In June 2009, author Robert Sabbag, one of the passengers on board Air New England Flight 248, released a book called Down Around Midnight (Viking Adult, ISBN978-0-670-02102-4), a first-hand account of the crash from survivors and rescuers.[4]
england, flight, havilland, twin, otter, that, crashed, approach, barnstable, municipal, airport, barnstable, county, massachusetts, june, 1979, those, aircraft, survived, with, exception, pilot, killed, instantly, twin, otter, similar, accident, aircraftoccur. Air New England Flight 248 was a De Havilland DHC 6 Twin Otter that crashed on approach to Barnstable Municipal Airport in Barnstable County Massachusetts on 17 June 1979 All of those on the aircraft survived with the exception of the pilot who was killed instantly Air New England Flight 248A Twin Otter similar to the accident aircraftOccurrenceDate17 June 1979SummaryControlled flight into terrain CFIT SiteCamp Greenough Yarmouth Port Yarmouth Massachusetts United States 41 41 25 62 N 70 14 30 95 W 41 6904500 N 70 2419306 W 41 6904500 70 2419306 Coordinates 41 41 25 62 N 70 14 30 95 W 41 6904500 N 70 2419306 W 41 6904500 70 2419306AircraftAircraft typede Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter 300OperatorAir New EnglandRegistrationN383EX 1 Flight originLaGuardia Airport New York New York United StatesDestinationBarnstable Municipal Airport Barnstable County Massachusetts United StatesPassengers8Crew2Fatalities1 Pilot 2 Injuries4 or 5Survivors9 Contents 1 Flight designations route and crew 2 Crash 3 Book 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFlight designations route and crew EditAt 10 48 p m EDT on 17 June 1979 Flight 248 with eight passengers and a crew of two crashed in a heavily wooded area in the Yarmouth Port section of Yarmouth Massachusetts about 1 5 miles 2 4 km northeast of Barnstable Municipal Airport while on an instrument landing system ILS approach 2 The crash occurred on the end of a flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York New York The aircraft piloted by Air New England co founder George Parmenter was several miles short of the runway Crash EditThe aircraft crashed in the middle of Camp Greenough a heavily wooded Boy Scouts of America camp Parmenter was killed in the crash The co pilot and several passengers were injured An uninjured passenger managed to make her way through thick brush to the Mid Cape Highway Route 6 and flagged down a passing car The motorist drove her to the airport where she alerted authorities to the crash Rescuers with the aid of a brush clearing truck were able to cut a swath through the brush to the crash site and aid the survivors 3 Book EditIn June 2009 author Robert Sabbag one of the passengers on board Air New England Flight 248 released a book called Down Around Midnight Viking Adult ISBN 978 0 670 02102 4 a first hand account of the crash from survivors and rescuers 4 See also EditAviation safety Emergency landing List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraftReferences Edit FAA Registry N383EX Federal Aviation Administration a b Accident Details Air Crash Info com Retrieved 2009 06 16 Memories of 1979 plane crash linger on CapeCodOnline com Archived from the original on 2010 03 15 Retrieved 2018 10 05 Sabbag Robert 11 June 2009 Down Around Midnight A Memoir of Crash and Survival Viking Adult ISBN 978 0670021024 External links EditAccident Details Accident description This article about an aviation accident is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Air New England Flight 248 amp oldid 1108889891, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
