Piedmont Airlines Flight 349
- Piedmont Airlines Flight 349
Infobox Aircraft crash
name= Piedmont Airlines Flight 349
caption=Flight 349 wreckage as it appeared in February 2002
Date=October 30 1959
Type=Pilot error
Site=Bucks Elbow Mountain, Crozet, Virginia, United States of America
Passengers=24
Crew=3
Fatalities=26
Injuries=1
Survivors=1
Aircraft Type=Douglas DC-3
Operator=Piedmont Airlines
Tail number=N55V
Origin=Washington, DC
Destination=Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
On October 30, 1959, Piedmont Airlines Flight 349, a DC-3, crashed on Bucks Elbow Mountain near Crozet, Virginia, killing the crew of three and 23 of 24 passengers. The sole survivor was seriously injured. [cite web |url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1959/1959-47.htm |title=Accident Details |first=Richard |last= Kebabjian |publisher=planecrashinfo.com] The cause was determined to be:
"A navigational omission which resulted in a lateral course error that was not detected and corrected through precision instrument flying procedures. A contributing factor to the accident may have been pre-occupation of the captain resulting from mental stress."
in the subsequent investigation. [ICAO Circular 64-AN/58 (68-75)]
The plane
Name: Buckeye Pacemaker
Registration number: N55V
Serial number: 20447
History: Ex Meteor Air Transport N53593. Sold to Piedmont Airlines 12-1956.
References
External links
* [http://www.cvillepodcast.com/2006/05/05/rightnow-planecrash/ Radio interview with the first person to reach the scene]
* [http://www.armed-guard.com/bradley2.html Page about Phil Bradley, the sole survivor of the crash.]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872315,00.html Time Magazine article about the pilot.]
* [http://www.piedmont-airlines.com The new Piedmont Airlines web site. This is 'not" the airline associated with the crash of Flight 349]
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