- Date
- December 16, 1965
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N53594Curtiss-Wrt C-46
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175472
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0071 65/12/16 DETROIT,MICH CURTISS-WRT C-46 CR- 0 0 2 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1855 N53594 PX- 0 0 0 55, 17827 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 5827 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METROPOLITAN OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- GROUND TRAINEE STRUCK ROTATING PROPELLER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53594
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Metropolitan
N53594Registered now · Curtiss Wright C-46FAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46FEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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