- Date
- November 20, 1964
- Place
- Inkster, MI · INKSTER, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3971BCurtiss C-46A
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185983
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0067 64/11/20 INKSTER MICH CURTISS C-46A CR- 0 0 2 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0611 N3971B PX- 0 0 0 37, 10376 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5676 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT METRO OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SERVICING-INADEQUATE ICE-SNOW REMOVAL FROM AIRCRAFT WINGS DURING PRE-FLIGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3971B
- Reported as
- Curtiss C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Detroit Metro
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.