| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 17, 1979 |
| Time: | 2248 |
| Location: | Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Operator: | Air New England |
| Flight #: | 248 |
| Route: | New York, NY - Hyannis, MA |
| AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Registration: | N383EX |
| cn / ln: | 245 |
| Aboard: | 10 (passengers:8 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane crashed in a heavily wooded area about 1.5 miles northeast of Barnstable Municipal Airport while on an ILS approach. The failure of the flightcrew to recognize and react in a timely manner to the gross deviation from acceptable approach parameters, resulting in a continuation of the descent well below the decision height during a precision approach without visual contact with the runway environment. Pilot fatigue. |
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