- Date
- April 23, 1965
- Place
- Mt Rainier, WA · MT RAINIER, WA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6541CDouglas DC-6A
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 65/4/23 MT RAINIER WASH DOUGLAS DC-6A CR- 5 0 0 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1423 N6541C PX- 0 0 0 40, 6862 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4088 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIR EXPORT & IMPORT CO. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT WX BRIEFED BY MILITARY.ACFT STRUCK MTN.POSITION DISORIENTATION DURING VFR CLIMB IN IFR WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6541C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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