# NTSB UNK64X0100: Curtiss WRT C-46A, N10415, Hill Afb, UT, January 1, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 1, 1964
- Place: Hill Afb, UT · HILL AFB, UT
- Location: 41.1253° N, 111.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hill Air Force Base, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1253&lon=-111.9833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 15, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113736
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0100
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0100

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0008   64/1/1    HILL AFB UT         CURTISS WRT C-46A   CR-  0  0  3  MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM    AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1300                    N10415              PX-  0  0  0                            41, 15950 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            2521 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HILL AFB
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIR EXPORT & IMPORT CO.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10415](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10415-1966-07-11), registration cancelled 1966-07-11, S/N 341 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS WRT C-46A
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright C-46A](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46a) (registry code 2622602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hill Afb

## Other investigations on N10415 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI66A0099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0099), Jun 16, 1966: Curtis C-46 (N10415), Columbia City, IN, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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