Bucks Elbow Mountain plane crash

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On October 30, 1969, Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 en route from Washington D.C. crashed into Bucks Elbow Mountain, killing three crew members and all but one passenger. [1] [2] [3]

The lone survivor was Phil Bradley. [4]


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Details on the plane

Flight 349 was a Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) built in 1944 with a crew of three. [5]

Incident report

The Civil Aeronautics Board adopted an official accident report on April 18, 1961 and released it to the public on April 24, 1961. [6]

"Probable Cause"

"The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was a navigational omission which resulted in a lateral course error that was not detected and corrected through precision instrument flying procedures. A contributing factor to the accident may have been preoccupation of the captain resulting from mental stress." [6]

References

  1. Web. Fatal crash momento will make its way back to the mountain, Bryan McKenzie, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, October 26, 2019, retrieved October 27, 2019. Print. October 27, 2019 page A1.
  2. Web. Fatal crash momento will make its way back to the mountain, Bryan McKenzie, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, October 26, 2019, retrieved October 27, 2019. Print. October 27, 2019 page A1.
  3. Web. Plane With 27 Aboard Vanishes Near Airport, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, October 31, 1959, retrieved October 30, 2022. Print. October 31, 1959 page 1.
  4. Web. Charlottesville-Right Now: Philip Bradley, Coy Barefoot, Podcast, WINA Newsradio 1070, October 14, 2009, retrieved October 30, 2022.
  5. Web. CRASH OF A DOUGLAS C-47A-90-DL ON MT BUCKS ELBOW: 26 KILLED, Bureau of Accidents Archives, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, retrieved October 30, 2022.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Web. File No 1-0065, Aircraft Accident Report, Civil Aeronautics Board, April 24, 1961, retrieved October 30, 2022.