ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337474
| Date: | Tuesday 1 January 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Budd RB-1 Conestoga |
| Owner/operator: | National Skyway Freight Corp. |
| Registration: | NC45347 |
| MSN: | 003 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bluefield, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Washington (unknown airport), DC |
The Conestoga cargo plane ran into bad weather with icing conditions en route from Washington. Because visibility at Knoxville, the nearest airport, was poor, the crew decided to go back to Washington. Being low on fuel in a heavy snowstorm, the pilot attempted a forced landing. The airplane belly landed on a golf course.
Sources:
Flying Tiger Line Pilots Association
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
Images:
photo (c) Terry Knight; Bluefield, VA; 01 January 1946
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