Accident Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N6914C,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332484

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Date:	Wednesday 15 December 1965
Time:
Type:	Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Owner/operator:	Flying Tiger Line
Registration:	N6914C
MSN:	4811
Year of manufacture:	1957
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	32 km NE of Alamosa, CO - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX)
Destination airport:	Chicago (unknown airport), IL
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Flight 914 departed Los Angeles at 22:12 MST for an IFR flight plan flight to Chicago. En route altitude was FL130. In level flight the aircraft flew into the west ridge of what is now California Peak (13,849 feet), about 150 feet below the ridge.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Position disorientation during night instrument flight resulting in flight below obstructing terrain."

Accident investigation: