Date: | Thursday 31 January 1946 |
Time: | 02:47 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-194H |
Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
Registration: | NC25675 |
MSN: | 2147 |
Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
Total airframe hrs: | 16333 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Elk Mountain, WY -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Boise Air Terminal, ID (BOI/KBOI) |
Destination airport: | Denver (unknown airport), CO |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The crew made an unauthorized deviation from the airway, trying to reduce distance on a 'dog-leg' of the airway. The DC-3 collided with Elk Mountain 340 feet below the crest, at an elevation approximately 180 feet below its assigned cruising altitude (11,000 feet) and 4 1/2 miles south of Airway Green 3.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The deviation from the prescribed route at an altitude insufficient to assure adequate clearance over Elk Mountain."
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. 257-46
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