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The Most deadly Piedmont crash in North Carolina Occurred July 19, 1967 near Hendersonville.  The B727, Piedmont Flight 22 (N68650) and a Cessna 310 collided midair.  Multiple sources validate the assertion that the Cessna made a deviation from an "IFR Clearance" and collided with the 727, bringing both aircraft to the ground and killing all on board both aircraft (82).  In recent years, an appeal was made to the NTSB to reconsider their findings, however the original conclusion was upheld by the NTSB.

 

 

In addition to the NTSB, the website:

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/w19670719.htm

had significant information regarding this crash to include this photograph.

 

 

 

 7/19/1967     HENDERSONVILLE, NC   BOEING 727   N68650   Fatal(82)   Part 121 Scheduled PIEDMONT AVIATION INC  

 

7/19/1967     HENDERSONVILLE, NC   CESSNA 310   N3121S   Fatal(82)   Part 91 General Aviation  

 

 

NTSB Identification: DCA68A0001
14 CFR Part 121 Scheduled operation of PIEDMONT AVIATION INC
Event occurred Wednesday, July 19, 1967 in HENDERSONVILLE, NC
Aircraft: BOEING 727, registration: N68650

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA

                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE

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1-0005  67/7/19  NR.HENDERSONVILLE,NC  BOEING 727          CR-  5  0  0  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE

        TIME - 1101                    N68650              PX- 74  0  0                            49, 18383 TOTAL HOURS,

                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  3  0  0                            151 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT

                                                                                                   RATED.

        OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC.

        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION

           COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT                  IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE

        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)

           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT

        FACTOR(S)

           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER

         SPECIAL DATA

          SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER

          CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER                               RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT

          TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE                           CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT

          CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES                                  HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES -   72

          VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES -  65                   EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO

          ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED, OPERATION UNKNOWN

         FIRE AFTER IMPACT

        REMARKS- N3121S DEVIATED FROM IFR CLEARANCE INTO FLIGHTPATH OF N68650 MINIMUM CNTL OF N3121S BY APPCH CNTL.

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Photo top left is the actual aircraft several years before the fatal collision.  Source is unclear, was found on several websites.

 

 

 

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