Date: | Monday 8 March 1948 |
Time: | 18:00 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Eagle Air Freight |
Registration: | NC64722 |
MSN: | 10052 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3534 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near San Jose, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Seattle (unknown airport), WA |
Destination airport: | San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 crashed into a canyon on the west side of Mount Hamilton at an altitude of 1800 feet. Weather at the destination was not too good: 700 feet ceiling and 3 miles visibility.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the flight's deviation from its clearance and from approved instrument procedure."
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:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 47)
CAB File No. 1-0056
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