With yesterday’s plane crash into the Hudson River, I was reminded of this sad story, which I had heard about long ago.
The plane crash described here is known as the Crash of Mohawk Airlines Flight 411. It happened in the Lake George basin on November 19, 1969 and is the worst plane crash in Adirondack history.
A twin prop-jet commuter plane (a Fairchild-Hiller 227B) flying from Albany to Glens Falls crashed into Pilot Knob Mountain killing all 14 onboard. The accident is blamed on severe mountain downdrafts and pilot error.
Here is a picture of the airplane a year before the crash.