aircraft operations, an average of 107 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 58% single-engine, 3.8% multi-engine, 2% jet, 35% helicopter, and 2% glider. Current airline and destinations Passenger Statistics Incidents The 1968 Northeast Airlines Flight 946 crash occurred on 25 October 1968, when a Fairchild Hiller FH-227 crashed into Moose Mountain northeast of the airport while descending on approach. In 1969, Atherton testified at the inquest into the loss of Northeast Airlines Flight 946, where a faulty beacon was identified as the cause of the loss of a Flight 946, which crashed on an instrument approach on October 25, 1968, with 32 fatalities and 10 survivors. Atherton, who at the time was also a flight instructor, testified that he had been flying into the airport for 20 years and had found difficulty with the VOR system on the night of the crash when he was asked to fly over Moose Mountain to locate the crash site. The 1996 New Hampshire Learjet crash occurred on December 24, 1996, when a Learjet 35 crashed into a mountain northeast of the airport after executing a missed approach. The wreckage was not found until November 13, 1999. References Other sources Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2003-14822) from the U.S. Department of Transportation: Order 2004-11-1 (November 5, 2004): selecting Colgan Air, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to provide subsidized essential air service at Lebanon, New Hampshire, at an annual subsidy rate of $998,752 for the two-year period beginning October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2006. Order 2006-6-37 (June 29. 2006): selecting Colgan Air, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to continue to provide subsidized essential air service at Lebanon, New Hampshire, consisting of 18 nonstop round trip a week to LaGuardia International Airport, for a new two-year term through September 30, 2008, at the annual subsidy rate of $1,069,606. Order 2008-7-27 (July 25, 2008): selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc., d/b/a Cape Air, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Lebanon, New Hampshire, for an annual subsidy rate of $2,245,669, for a new two-year period, beginning when the carrier inaugurates full-service. Order 2010-10-12 (October 19, 2010): selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc. d/b/a Cape Air, to continue providing subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Lebanon, NH/White River Junction, VT (Lebanon), for the four-year period beginning December 1, 2010, through November 30,