Air disaster

Piedmont Airlines Flight 22

19 Jul 1967 · 35.34° N, 82.44° W

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When
19 Jul 1967
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
35.34° N, 82.44° W
Description
mid-air collision
Deaths
79

Piedmont Airlines Flight 22

1967 mid-air collision

Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 was a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 that collided with a twin-engine Cessna 310 on July 19, 1967, over Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

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