COL65AA373

NTSB accident investigation · Curtiss C-46 · Urrao, Colombia · November 23, 1965

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
November 23, 1965
Place
Urrao, Colombia · URRAO, Colombia
Injuries
4 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N1210WCurtiss C-46
Status
Completed · report March 28, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
174488

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0095  65/11/23 NR.URRAO COLUMBIA     CURTISS C-46        CR-  2  0  0  COMMERCIAL                CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 0515                    N1210W              PX-  2  0  0  CTR CARGO-I               UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INVEST. AND REPORTED BY GOVT. OF COLUMBIA. TOTAL PAX UNKNOWN. POSSIBLY 3 WERE ABOARD.

Aircraft

Registration
N1210W
Reported as
Curtiss C-46
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed