- Date
- March 4, 1965
- Place
- Ft Wayne, IN · FT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 56 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6548Douglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179732
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0011 65/3/4 FT WAYNE IND DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1943 N6548 PX- 0 0 53 41, 16300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAER FIELD OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL PERSONNEL-COMPANY RUNWAY CONDITION REPORT INADEQUT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- NOTAM REPORTED RWY CLEAR. SNOWBANK ALONG SIDES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6548
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Baer Field