Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Oct 30, 1959 (26 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on October 30, 1959 near Mt Bucks Elbow Virginia, United States with 26 fatalities. Cause: Navigational error...
- Date: October 30, 1959
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Mt Bucks Elbow Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 26
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Navigational error during an instrument approach, with the aircraft flying 8 to 11 miles west of the prescribed track
Piedmont Airlines Flight 349, a DC 3, crashed on Bucks Elbow Mountain about 13 miles west of Charlottesville on the evening of 30 October 1959 during an instrument approach. Three crew and 23 of 24 passengers died, and one passenger survived seriously injured. The CAB found a navigational omission put the aircraft well west of its prescribed track, and pilot mental stress may have contributed.