# NTSB FTW67A0078: Douglas DC-6A, N640NA, San Antonio, TX, January 31, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1967
- Place: San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0078
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0078

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N640NA-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 45475 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6A
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6a) (registry code 3021706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: San Antonio Intl

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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