| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 23, 1967 |
| Time: | 1347 |
| Location: | Blossburg, Pennsylvania |
| Operator: | Mohawk Airlines |
| Flight #: | 40 |
| Route: | Elmira - Washington DC |
| AC Type: | BAC One Eleven 204AF |
| Registration: | N1116J |
| cn / ln: | 098 |
| Aboard: | 34 (passengers:30 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 34 (passengers:30 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The flight crashed after an in-flight fire destroyed the pitch control systems. Incorrect installation of a valve caused hot air to ignite hydraulic fluid. The fire resulted from engine bleed air flowing back through the malfunctioning non-return valve and an open air delivery valve, through the auxiliary power unit in a reverse direction, and exiting into the plenum chamber at temperatures sufficiently high to cause the acoustics linings to ignite. |
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