Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 20 ABR 1960 |
| Hora: | 13:06 EST |
| Tipo: | Fairchild F-27 |
| Operador: | Piedmont Airlines |
| Registración: | N2704R |
| Numéro de série: | 17 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 36 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 40 |
| Víctimas de la colisión: | Fatalidades: 4 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
| Consecuencias: | Repaired |
| Ubicación: | cerca Hickory Airport, NC (HKY) (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG/KCVG), Estados Unidos de América |
| Hickory Airport, NC (HKY/KHKY), Estados Unidos de América |
During the final approach phase of the flight (at 100-150 feet), the F-27 collided with a Cessna 310 (N1807H). Both aircraft were approaching runway 19 in VFR conditions. The Cessna was descending above the F-27 and struck the no. 1 prop, careened from the left wing and crashed out of control.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot of the Cessna, the overtaking aircraft, failed to see and avoid the F-27 during the landing approach." Fuentes:
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Distance from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY to Hickory Airport, NC as the crow flies is 464 km (290 miles).
Distance from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY to Hickory Airport, NC as the crow flies is 464 km (290 miles).
