What the records say
- When
- 30 Oct 1959
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 38.10° N, 78.73° W
- Description
- Douglas DC-3 crash
- Deaths
- 26
- Injured
- 1
Piedmont Airlines Flight 349
1959 aviation accident
On October 30, 1959, Piedmont Airlines Flight 349, a Douglas DC-3, crashed on Bucks Elbow Mountain near Crozet, Virginia, killing the crew of three and all but one of its twenty-four passengers. The sole survivor was seriously injured and lay on the ground near the wreckage, still strapped in his seat.
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