Narrative:
The C-46 was chartered to transport the California State Polytechnic College football team from Santa Maria, California to Toledo, Ohio and return. The aircraft took off from Toledo Express Airport on the return flight to San Luis Obispo, California, weighing approximately 2 000 lb more than its maximum certificated gross weight of 47 100 lb. The aircraft crashed approximately 5 800 feet from the threshold of the takeoff runway, caught fire and was destroyed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to loss of control during a premature lift-off. Contributing factors were the overweight aircraft, weather conditions, and partial loss of power in the left engine."
Loss of control
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 29 October 1960 |
| Time: | 22:02 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Arctic Pacific |
| Registration: | N1244N |
| MSN: | 22458 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 45 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 48 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Toledo-Express Airport, OH (TOL) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Toledo-Express Airport, OH (TOL/KTOL), United States of America |
| Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO (MKC/KMKC), United States of America |
The C-46 was chartered to transport the California State Polytechnic College football team from Santa Maria, California to Toledo, Ohio and return. The aircraft took off from Toledo Express Airport on the return flight to San Luis Obispo, California, weighing approximately 2 000 lb more than its maximum certificated gross weight of 47 100 lb. The aircraft crashed approximately 5 800 feet from the threshold of the takeoff runway, caught fire and was destroyed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to loss of control during a premature lift-off. Contributing factors were the overweight aircraft, weather conditions, and partial loss of power in the left engine."
Classification:
OverloadedLoss of control
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Toledo-Express Airport, OH to Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO as the crow flies is 947 km (592 miles).
Distance from Toledo-Express Airport, OH to Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport, MO as the crow flies is 947 km (592 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Curtiss C-46
- 3341 built
- 868th loss
- 212th fatal accident
- 35th worst accident (at the time)
- 42nd worst accident (currently)
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