Another Electra flight, a Zantop Airlines "Logair" flight near Ogden, Utah, crashed after a Flight Engineer made a major mistake(s) during an electrical fault in IMC. Because the FAA, under the 'grandfather clause' never required many or most older Part 121 aircraft to have a standby horizon, the plane crashed.
Another Electra disaster was during a badly-coordinated instrument approach into downtown Kansas City after an all-night cargo flight from Florida. During the missed-approach, a crewmember stated that a bright tower was in the distance. The Captain overreacted, lost awareness of airspeed and/or bank angle on the control yoke and stalled/spun the plane into a sewage treatment plant.
Other than often very brief NTSB summaries, for interesting reading one can look at online P-3 articles from the US Navy's "Approach" magazine collection. There are interesting prop malfunctions etc and colorful results.
Last edited by Ignition Override; 13th Apr 2007 at 05:00.