ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337218
| Date: | Thursday 5 September 1946 |
| Time: | 01:32 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Trans-Luxury Airlines |
| Registration: | NC57850 |
| MSN: | 9214 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2137 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km W of Elko, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Cheyenne Airport, WY (CYS/KCYS) |
| Elko Airport, NV (EKO/KEKO) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 lost visual contact in ground fog while approaching Elko. It struck the ground 20 feet below the top of up sloping terrain, cleared the top and disintegrated and burned. Weather at the time of the accident included: ceiling measured 200 feet, thin overcast; lower thin scattered clouds at 100 feet; visibility 7 miles; wind ENE at 6 mph; altimeter setting 30.14.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's action in continuing a landing approach after having lost visual contract with the airport under conditions of dense ground fog. A contributing factor was the pilot's unfamiliarity with the terrain in the immediate vicinity of the airport."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 2267-46
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