- Date
- December 7, 1963
- Place
- Nederland, CO · NEDERLAND, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N609ZCurtiss-Wrt C-46A
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0073 63/12/7 NR.NEDERLAND,COLO CURTISS-WRT C-46A CR- 2 0 0 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1919 N609Z PX- 1 0 0 53, 13527 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 10128 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WEA BRIEF BY MILITARY INADEQUATE. PLT FLEW INTO SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. RECOVERY DATE 120863.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N609Z
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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