ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335698
Date: | Sunday 30 December 1951 |
Time: | 22:07 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Transocean Air Lines |
Registration: | N68963 |
MSN: | 22485 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1937 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-75 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Fairbanks, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Umiat Airport, AK (UMT/PAUM) |
Destination airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Approaching Fairbanks the crew reported having missed the radio range fix and stated that the ADF was inoperative. Last contact was 2 minutes later when they reported proceeding out on the west leg of range. The wreckage was found on January 3, 1952.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot to follow procedures and utilize properly the radio facilities for approach and letdown at Fairbanks, with the result that the flight became lost."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0116
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