- Date
- August 14, 1963
- Place
- Great Falls, MT · GREAT FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67941Curtiss-Wrt C-46F
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0010 63/8/14 NR.GREAT FALLS,MONT CURTISS-WRT C-46F CR- 1 1 0 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N67941 PX- 0 0 0 41, 15834 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5807 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIR EXPORT & IMPORT CO. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO PROPERLY ASSESS RT ENG MALFUNCTION,USED POOR TECHNIQUE AND JUDGMENT DURING EMERG OPS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67941
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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