| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 30, 1979 |
| Time: | 2055 |
| Location: | Rockland, Maine |
| Operator: | Downeast Airlines |
| Flight #: | 46 |
| Route: | Boston - Rockland |
| AC Type: | de Havilland DHC-6-200 |
| Registration: | N68DE |
| cn / ln: | 229 |
| Aboard: | 18 (passengers:16 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 17 (passengers:15 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed into a wooded area during a non-precision approach to Rockland, in fog . Failure to arrest aircraft's descent rate, without the runway in sight. Inordinate management pressures, the first officer's marginal instrument proficiency, the captain's inadequate supervision of the flight, inadequate crew training and the captain's chronic fatigue were all factors in the accident. |
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