- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 19, 1967
Time: 1101
Location: Near Hendersonville, North Carolina
Operator: Piedmont Airlines / Private
Flight #: 22
Route: Ashville - Roanoke
AC Type: Boeing B-727-22 / Cessna 310
Registration: N68650/N3121S
cn / ln: 18295/4 / ?
Aboard: 82   (passengers:77  crew:5)
Fatalities: 82   (passengers:77  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: Midair collision. The B-727 was climbing away from Asheville Airport when it hit the Cessna, about 8 miles from the airport at 6,000 feet. Seventy-nine killed on the B-727 (74 passengers + 5 crew) and 3 on the Cessna killed (1 pilot + 2 passengers). Deviation from IFR clearance by the Cessna pilot. Confusing transmission by the ATC. Lack of secondary surveillance radar. John T. McNaughton, Navy Secretary designate killed along with his wife and son.
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