- Date
- September 25, 1963
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67935Curtiss-Wrt C-46F
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0011 63/9/25 LAS VEGAS,NEV CURTISS-WRT C-46F CR- 0 0 2 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2003 N67935 PX- 0 0 0 33, 5276 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1668 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIR EXPORT & IMPORT CO. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FALSE FIRE WARNING REMARKS- NO.1 EXH ADAPTER LFT ENG CRACKED.CAUSED FALSE FIRE WARNING.LFT ENG FEATH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67935
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
N67935Registration cancelled Jul 19, 2018 · Curtiss Wright C-46FAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46FEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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