Mohawk Airlines Flight 405
Mohawk Airlines FH227B similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 3, 1972 |
| Summary | Propeller failure with a pilot error factor |
| Site | near Albany International Airport, Albany, NY 42°40′28″N 73°48′01″W / 42.67444°N 73.80028°W |
| Total fatalities | 17 |
| Total injuries | 35 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fairchild Hiller FH-227B |
| Operator | Mohawk Airlines inc. |
| Call sign | MOHAWK 405 |
| Registration | N7818M |
| Occupants | 48 |
| Passengers | 45 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 16 |
| Injuries | 31 |
| Survivors | 32 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 1 |
| Ground injuries | 4 |
Mohawk Airlines Flight 405, a Fairchild Hiller FH-227 twin-engine turboprop airliner registered N7818M, was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Mohawk Airlines that crashed into a house within the city limits of Albany, New York, on March 3, 1972, on final approach to Albany County Airport (now Albany International Airport), New York, killing 17 people. The intended destination airport lies in the suburban Town of Colonie, about 4 miles north of the crash site.