- Date
- December 30, 1964
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N608ZCurtis-Writ C-46A
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0077 64/12/30 DETROIT MICH CURTIS-WRIT C-46A CR- 2 0 0 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0214 N608Z PX- 2 0 0 48, 21400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 7520 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT METROPOLI OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N608Z
- Reported as
- Curtis-Writ C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Detroit Metropoli
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