ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335940
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Date: | Friday 23 February 1951 |
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Type: | Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando |
Owner/operator: | Slick Airways |
Registration: | N59490 |
MSN: | 2942 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Newhall, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR) |
Destination airport: | San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Narrative: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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