- Date
- August 10, 1968
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 35 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N712UFairchild FH-227
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109104
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0014 68/8/10 CHARLESTON,W VA FAIRCHILD FH-227 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0757 N712U PX- 32 2 0 40, 6884 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3722 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA COUNTY OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNRECOGNIZED LOSS OF ALTITUDE ORIENTATION DURINGFINAL PORTION OF APCH INTO SHALLOW, DENSE FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N712U
- Reported as
- Fairchild FH-227
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha County
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