- Date
- December 24, 1964
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6915CLockheed L-1049
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0064 64/12/24 SAN FRANCISCO CAL LOCKHEED L-1049 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0031 N6915C PX- 0 0 0 49, 14911 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3942 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO INT OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-DEVIATED FROM COURSE FOR UNDETERMINED REASON WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 22 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6915C
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1049
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Francisco Int
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