- Date
- October 18, 1964
- Place
- Hector, CA · HECTOR, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 87 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93130Douglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0069 64/10/18 NR.HECTOR CALIF DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 1 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1115 N93130 PX- 0 0 83 44, 14790 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 192 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93130
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
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