Archive of posts filed under the Airport category.

Emergency Landing of AirTran Airways Flight 913 in Greensboro – August 8, 2000

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Looking back at the emergency landing of AirTran Airways Flight 913 on Tuesday, August 8, 2000. About twenty minutes after the DC-9 departed Piedmont Triad International (PTI) Airport at ~3:15 p.m., the pilot reported thick smoke in the cabin. The captain declared an emergency and requested permission to return to the airport. The jetliner was …

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Run Card for Louisville Cargo Jet Crash

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This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from November 5, 2025.  Pleasure Park Ridge Fire District photos Here’s a run card created by reader Kameron Brown–plus annotations added by Legeros–for the major incident in Louisville, KY, on November 3, 2025, involving a cargo jet crash + commercial building(s) + petroleum recycling facility just …

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Navy Plane Crashes into Building at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, July 31, 1974

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For our Friday history, let’s head over to Pasquotank County and Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City on July 31, 1974, when Navy radar plane crashed into a building, killing the pilot and three civilian workers inside. Two others aboard the plane survived with injuries, along with 12 others, including several firefighters. On that Wednesday …

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The Crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 – October 30, 1959

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This is a blog version of a Facebook posting. More Piedmont Airlines history. More air crash history. Before the July 1967 midair collision and crash in Hendersonville (NC) that killed 82 people [1][2], the Winston-Salem-based airline suffered two earlier fatal crashes. Let’s look back at the first one in October 1959. Piedmont Aviation was incorporated …

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Car Strikes Jet on Ground in Winston-Salem – May 24, 1967

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Winston-Salem history hit. Before it crashed after a midair collision over Hendersonville, NC, on July 19, 1967, the first passenger jet operated by Piedmont Airlines had an unusual accident on the ground in May 1967. The airline had recently started jet service from their base at Smith Reynolds Airport. However, their hangar was located on …

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Piedmont Flight 22 and the Midair Collision Over Hendersonville – July 19, 1967

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Read retrospective and research notes from 2017 (103M, PDF) See other photos, clippings, and the NTSB report in this Google Drive folder. Introduction Looking back at the deadliest plane crash in North Carolina history, when 82 people were killed on Wednesday, July 19, 1967, after Piedmont Flight 22 collided with a Cessna 310 and both …

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Navy Jet Crash in Hertford – February 21, 1957

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This is a blog version of a Facebook posting on June 15, 2025. Looking back at the close call of all close calls, when a Navy jet fighter crashed within 200 yards of Perquimans County High School in Hertford, NC, on the morning of February 21, 1957. Two people were killed and a third person …

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Asheville-Henderson Army Airfield Fire Department

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Morning airport history. From Western North Carolina, top left is a crash truck at Asheville-Henderson Army Airfield, a former airport that was located in Fletcher. Today, it’s the site of an industrial park. AHAA opened as a civilian airfield in 1938 and was operated by the Army from 1943 to 1947. By the late 1950s, …

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Forsyth County Fire Department History

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This posting was last updated in July 2024, with added history of county rural fire protection before 1951. Introduction This posting originated as a Facebook posting in August 2020. Before 1951 – Part 1 In June 1945, county commissioners appointed George Sheek as Forsyth County Fire Chief. He was notably placed in charge of a …

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Wilmington Airport Apparatus History

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This is a blog version of a Facebook posting. Presenting fire apparatus past and present that have served at Wilmington International Airport.  1954 ALF Type O-11A – 500/1000/100/80 Likely serial #54L210, which was former NCANG Included 80 gallons Chlorobromomethane Possibly sold at auction, along with second 1954 ALF crash truck, at surplus airport property sale …

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