Piedmont Airlines, Flight 230, Fairchild Hiller 227B, N712U, a regularly scheduled passenger flight, crashed and burned while on an approach to the Kanawha County Airport, Charleston, West Virginia, at approximately 0857 e.d.t., on August 10, 1968. The three crewmembers and 32 of the 34 passengers were fatally injured in the accident. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and subsequent fire. The Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was an unrecognized loss of altitude orientation during the final portion of an approach into shallow, dense fog. The disorientation was caused by a rapid reduction in the ground guidance segment available to the pilot at a point beyond which a go-around could not be successfully effected.
Aircraft Accident Report: Piedmont Airlines Fairchild-Hiller 227B, N712U Charleston, West Virginia August 10, 1968
1969
53 pages
Report
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