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]

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