- Date
- January 31, 1967
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N640NADouglas DC-6A
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0064 67/1/31 SAN ANTONIO,TEX DOUGLAS DC-6A CR- 3 0 0 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0320 N640NA PX- 0 0 0 46, 16179 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 348 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INTL OPERATOR - SATURN AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT FLEW THRU TREES THEN HIT A CLIFF APPROX 110O FT BELOW GLIDE SLOPE.HAD DIVERTED FROM KELLY AFB
Aircraft
- Registration
- N640NA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Antonio Intl
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