- Date
- January 6, 1967
- Place
- Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30046Curtiss-Wrt C-46
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0028 67/1/6 HILO HAWAII CURTISS-WRT C-46 CR- 3 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1624 N30046 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D 48, 9751 TOTAL HOURS, 351 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN. LYMAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CARGO LOAD SHIFTED REARWARD DURING PREVIOUS TAKEOFF. CG RANGE WAS BEYOND AFT CONTROLLABLE LIMIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30046
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gen. Lyman
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