August, 10, 1968
Charleston, West Virginia
Piedmont Airlines, Flight 230
Fairchild-Hiller FH-227B
N712U
Crashed on approach to Kanawha County Airport in poor visibility. The aircraft was being
operated
under VFR when it entered a shallow fog overlying the approach lights. Thirty-five
of 37 aboard killed.
PIC: Pilot-in-command / Captain
COP: Co-Pilot
TWR: Tower
| 08.55:00 | PIC | Well, looks like our altimeters were within reason |
| COP | Yeah | |
| PIC | Yeah, I like that altimeter | |
| COP | Boy, you know it, reads right about the middle marker there | |
| PIC | Yeah | |
| COP | I always watch that radio altimeter | |
| [Sound of person whistling] | ||
| 08.55:35.3 | PIC | I go by this one on a field like this close one |
| COP | Yeah | |
| 08.55:41.1 | [Sound of power increase] | |
| PIC | There's too many valleys here | |
| PIC | Ask him, John, ask him if he's got his lights turned all the way up | |
| 08.55:55 | COP | Have you got the lights turned all the way up? |
| [Sound of power increase] | ||
| TWR | Sure do, uh, a little fog, right off the end there and it's wide open after you get by that, it's more than a mile-and-a- half on the runway | |
| 08.56:05.2 | PIC | Fuel trim |
| 08.56:09.1 | ? | I'm going to hold this altitude |
| 08.56:24.6 | COP | I got the lights in sight down low. Got it? |
| 08.56:26 | [Sound of power reduction] | |
| PIC | In sight, thank you. | |
| COP | Everything's good. | |
| 08.56:32.3 | PIC | Landing flaps |
| 08.56:37.2 | COP | I got the chart right here we're liable to lose it. |
| 08.56:42 | COP | Got the charts there? |
| PIC | Yeah, boy. | |
| 08.56:49 | [Sound of power reduction] | |
| 08.56:51 | [Sound of power increase] | |
| 08.56:51.9 | COP | Watch it! |
| 08.56:53.2 | [Sound of impact] |