© Charlston Gazette
© Charlston Gazette
| Date: | August 08, 1968 |
| Location: | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Aircraft: | Fairchild-Hiller FH-227B |
| Reg: | N712U |
| Airline: | Piedmont Airlines |
| Flight No: | 230 |
| Fatalities: | 37 : 35 |
| The aircraft was being operated under VFR when it entered a shallow fog overlying the approach lights and crashed. Disorientation caused by rapid reduction in the ground guidance segment available to the pilot at a point beyond which a go-around could not be initiated. |