| Date: | Sunday 20 November 1966 |
| Time: | 06:06 |
| Type: |  Martin 4-0-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Piedmont Airlines |
| Registration: | N40406 |
| MSN: | 14170 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km S of New Bern Airport, NC (EWN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM) |
| New Bern-Simmons Nott Airport, NC (EWN/KEWN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Collided with trees and crashed into a wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Descent below obstructing terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File #1-0072
Location
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