- Date
- March 12, 1964
- Place
- Miles City, MT · MILES CITY, MT
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N61442Douglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113522
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 64/3/12 MILES CITY MONT DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2050 N61442 PX- 2 0 0 42, 15335 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 12830 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILES CTY AIRPORT OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-DESCENDED ACFT BLO PUB IFR MIN FOR UNKN CAUS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED DURING VOR ACTUAL INSTRUMENT APP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61442
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Miles Cty Airport
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