- Date
- December 15, 1965
- Place
- Alamosa, CO · ALAMOSA, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6914CLockheed L-1049
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0080 65/12/15 ALAMOSA,COLO. LOCKHEED L-1049 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0130 N6914C PX- 0 0 0 46, 10190 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5036 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS SNOW TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12-16-65.PILOTS DID NOT TURN TO VA10 OUTBOUND HEADING AT ALAMOSA VORTAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6914C
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1049
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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