- Date
- May 18, 1965
- Place
- Knob Noster, MO · KNOB NOSTER, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6579CDouglas DC-6A
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177996
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 65/5/18 KNOB NOSTER MO DOUGLAS DC-6A CR- 0 0 3 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0601 N6579C PX- 0 0 0 43, 15498 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2389 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEMAN AFB OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIR EXPORT & IMPORT CO. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLT BRIEFED BY USAF WX FORECASTER.CAPT DESCENDED BELOW ILS GLIDE SLOPE DURING APP IN ADVERSE WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6579C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Whiteman Afb
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