Fairchild-Hiller FH-227 crash, Aug 10, 1968 (35 killed)
Fairchild-Hiller FH-227 accident on August 10, 1968 near Charleston-Yaeger (Kanawha) West Virginia, United States with 35 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: August 10, 1968
- Aircraft: Fairchild-Hiller FH-227
- Location: Charleston-Yaeger (Kanawha) West Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 35
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Unrecognized loss of altitude orientation by the flight crew during the final approach into dense fog, after a rapid reduction in visible approach lights, per NTSB report AAR69 06 as summarized in secondary sources
Piedmont Flight 230 was on an ILS approach to runway 23 at Charleston in dense fog when it struck a steep hillside about 250 feet short of the threshold and came to rest on the airport. Of the 37 people aboard, 35 were killed and two were seriously injured. The NTSB attributed the accident to pilot disorientation during the final approach.