# NTSB UNK65X0918: Curtiss C46, N4860V, Oliktok Pt, AK, December 4, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 4, 1964
- Place: Oliktok Pt, AK · OLIKTOK PT, AK
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186062
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0918
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0918

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0960   64/12/4 NR.OLIKTOK PT ALASKA  CURTISS C46         CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0845                    N4860V              PX-  0  0  0  CTR CARGO-D               44, 17362 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE STRIP 57
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- LANDING AREA A CLEARED 2000 FT STRIP ON A FROZENLAKE.  CHECK PILOT IN CO-PILOT SEAT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4860V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4860V-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N 30240, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS C46
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright C-46A](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46a) (registry code 2622602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lake Strip 57

## Other investigations on N4860V (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 ANC75AA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA071), Mar 27, 1975: Curtiss-Wrt C-46 (N4860V), Deadhorse, AK, substantial damage

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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