Wilmington - Wilmington

On August 22, 1962 at 07:48 AM, Wilmington - Wilmington experienced a crash involving Martin 404, operated by Piedmont Airlines, with the event recorded near Wilmington-New Hanover County North Carolina.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a local training flight at Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport. After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. While all three crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N40401, MSN 14101, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.2353°, -77.9487°.