Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 FEB 1951 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando |
| Operator: | Slick Airways |
| Registration: | N59490 |
| C/n / msn: | 2942 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Newhall, CA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), United States of America |
| San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America |
Altitude was lost while trying to divert to Burbank Airport after encountering icing conditions en route. The crew ultimately carried out a forced landing next to a highway. The Curtiss collided with a large iron pole and sheared a power line pole before coming to rest.
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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 Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA to San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA as the crow flies is 521 km (326 miles).
Distance from Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA to San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA as the crow flies is 521 km (326 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.
