© Charlston Gazette
Date: | August 08, 1968 |
Location: | Charleston, West Virginia |
Aircraft: | Fairchild-Hiller FH-227B |
Reg: | N712U |
Airline: | Piedmont Airlines |
Flight No: | 230 |
Fatalities: | 37 : 35 |
The aircraft was being operated under VFR when it entered a shallow fog overlying the approach lights and crashed. Disorientation caused by rapid reduction in the ground guidance segment available to the pilot at a point beyond which a go-around could not be initiated. |