Descripción:
Collided with trees and crashed into a wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Descent below obstructing terrain.
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | domingo 20 noviembre 1966 |
| Hora: | 06:06 |
| Tipo: |  Martin 4-0-4 |
| Operador: | Piedmont Airlines |
| Registración: | N40406 |
| Numéro de série: | 14170 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 5 km (3.1 milles) S of New Bern Airport, NC (EWN) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Ferry/Posicionado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM), Estados Unidos de América |
| New Bern-Simmons Nott Airport, NC (EWN/KEWN), Estados Unidos de América |
Collided with trees and crashed into a wooded area.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: Descent below obstructing terrain.
Fuentes:
» NTSB File #1-0072Fotos
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Distance from Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC to New Bern-Simmons Nott Airport, NC as the crow flies is 118 km (74 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC to New Bern-Simmons Nott Airport, NC as the crow flies is 118 km (74 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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