Mountain Air Cargo

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Mountain Air Cargo is a cargo airline based in Denver, North Carolina, USA. It operates domestic and international cargo services as a contract carrier for FedEx, mainly in the eastern half of the USA, Canada and the Caribbean. ^[1]

Contents 1 Code data 2 History 3 Incidents and accidents 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code data

• ICAO Code: MTN
• Callsign: Mountain ^[2]

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1974 and is wholely owned by Air T. ^[1]

[edit] Incidents and accidents

• 11 October 1985 - Mountain Air Cargo De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 (N3257), on a flight from State College to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, collided with rising terrian near Homer City, probably due to pilot error. The pilot was killed. There was no one else on board. ^[3]
• 19 January 1988 - Mountain Air Cargo De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 (N996SA), on a flight from Erie, Pennsylvania to Charlotte, North Carolina, descended below the glide path on approach to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, collided with a tree and struck the ground 1.6km away from the airport. The crash was due to pilot error. The pilot was killed. There was no one else on board. ^[3]
• 9 January 1998 - Mountain Air Cargo Cessna 208B Caravan I Super Cargomaster, on take off from Maiden-Little Mountain Airport, North Carolina, on a flight to Greensboro, veered off the runway and hit trees as it tried to ascend. The crash was due to pilot error. The pilot was killed. There was no one else on board. ^[3]

[edit] Fleet

As of February 2007 the Mountain Air Cargo fleet includes ^[4] :

• 8 ATR 42-300
• 3 ATR 42-320
• 4 Fokker F27-500
• 2 Shorts 330-200

As of February 2007 the Mountain Air Cargo fleet also includes ^[1] :

• 2 Cessna 208 Caravan
• 41 Cessna 208B Caravan-675
• 1 Raytheon Beech King Air C90B

[edit] External links

• Mountain Air Cargo
• Air T

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 12-18 April 2005
2. ^ Airline Codes (November 2006)
3. ^ ^{a b c} Aviation Safety Network retroeved 26 November 2006
4. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006