Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | miércoles 17 septiembre 1947 |
Hora: | 11:12 |
Tipo: | Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando |
Operador: | Slick Airways |
Registración: | NC59495 |
Numéro de série: | 2937 |
Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 3811 |
Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-75 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
Naturaleza: | Carga |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Denver (unknown airport), CO, Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:Headwinds encountered en route Denver-Burbank caused a complete fuel exhaustion during the final stages of the flight. A sharp turn was made and a landing carried out on the north-south taxiway. The aircraft overran the runway, skidded across a highway and a railroad track before coming to rest.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the exhaustion of fuel prior to landing at Burbank, California, due to failure of the pilot to compute properly his fuel consumption, and to provide for a safe fuel reserve."
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Fuentes:
» CAB File No. 1-0072-47
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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.