Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Donnerstag 31 Januar 1946 |
Zeit: | 02:47 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas DC-3-194H |
Fluggesellschaft: | United Airlines |
Kennzeichen: | NC25675 |
Werknummer: | 2147 |
Baujahr: | 1939 |
Betriebsstunden: | 16333 |
Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 18 / Insassen: 18 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 21 / Insassen: 21 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | Elk Mountain, WY ( USA)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Boise Air Terminal, ID (BOI/KBOI), USA |
Flug nach: | Denver (unknown airport), CO, USA |
Flugnummer: | 14 |
Unfallbericht: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:
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 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Informationsquelle:
» CAB File No. 257-46
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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.