▁fe ather ed ▁position . ▁Event ually ▁they ▁succeeded ▁in ▁restart ing ▁engine ▁number ▁four . ▁They ▁applied ▁full ▁power ▁to ▁this ▁engine , ▁which ▁caused ▁the ▁craft ▁to ▁enter ▁a ▁cir cling ▁descent ▁until ▁crash ing ▁into ▁trees ; ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁impact ▁it ▁had ▁almost ▁no ▁forward ▁velocity . ▁Five ▁trees ▁were ▁driven ▁through ▁the ▁fus el age , ▁yet ▁their ▁tr unks ▁remained ▁int act . ▁ ▁The ▁crash ▁was ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that , ▁as ▁per ▁air line ▁policy , ▁the ▁pil ots ▁had ▁delayed ▁ar ming ▁the ▁engine ▁ice ▁protection ▁systems ▁even ▁though ▁they ▁were ▁flying ▁in ▁ icy ▁conditions ; ▁this ▁caused ▁the ▁engines ▁to ▁lose ▁too ▁much ▁power . ▁Capital ▁Airlines ▁changed ▁its ▁emer gency ▁check list ▁after ▁the ▁crash , ▁deleting ▁the ▁instruction ▁that ▁pil ots ▁were ▁to ▁descend ▁to ▁a ▁war mer ▁climate ▁to ▁rel ight ▁the ▁systems ▁and ▁instruct ing ▁them ▁that , ▁provided ▁that ▁correct ▁procedure ▁was ▁followed , ▁the ▁engine ▁could ▁be ▁restart ed ▁at ▁any ▁height . ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁ ▁Civil ▁Aer onaut ic ▁Board ▁Acc ident ▁Report ▁▁▁ 2 0 ▁Category : A viation ▁acc idents ▁and ▁inc idents ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁Category : 1 9 6 0 ▁meteor ology ▁Category : A ir lin er ▁acc idents ▁and ▁inc idents ▁caused ▁by ▁ice ▁Category : A ir lin er ▁acc idents ▁and ▁inc idents ▁in ▁Virginia ▁Category : 1 9 6 0 ▁in ▁Virginia ▁Category : Acc idents ▁and