Airplane Crash - Hickory, North Carolina 04/20/1960
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Hickory, North Carolina
| Date | 04/20/1960 |
| Time | 13:06 |
| Location | Hickory, North Carolina |
| Operator | Piedmont Airlines / Private |
| Route | Cincinnati, OH - Hickory, NC |
| Type | Fairchild F-27 / Cessna 310 |
| Registration | N2704R/N1807H |
| Cn/In | 17 |
| Aboard | 44 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft were involved in a midair collision while both were making an approach to land. The pilot of the Cessna, the over-taking aircraft, failed to see and avoid the F-27 during the landing appoach. Four died aboard the Cessna, none aboard the Fairchild. |
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