Crash-aerien 18 APR 1952 d'un Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N8404C - Whittier, CA
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Statuts:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:vendredi 18 avril 1952
Heure:03:34
Type/Sous-type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Opérant pour:Robin Airlines
Loué à :Air Charters
Immatriculation: N8404C
Numéro de série: 22466
Année de Fabrication: 1945
Moteurs: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-75
Equipage:victimes: 3 / à bord: 3
Passagers:victimes: 26 / à bord: 26
Total:victimes: 29 / à bord: 29
Dégats de l'appareil: Perte Totale
Conséquences: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:3 km (1.9 milles) E of Whittier, CA (   Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol: En approche (APR)
Nature:Charter National
Aéroport de départ:Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol: 416W
Détails:
The Curtiss C-46 had been cleared for a straight-in instrument approach. The crew were told to maintain 3000 feet until leaving the Downey marker. The aircraft descended below this altitude and crashed into a hill at 980 feet altitude. At the time of this accident Robin Airlines, Inc., was doing business as North Continent Airlines, although no authorization to change its name had been obtained from the Civil Aeronautics Board.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The action of the pilot in voluntarily descending below the minimum altitude for which he was cleared, and attempting an approach at an altitude too low to clear the terrain."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 54)
» CAB File No. 1-0027


Opérations de secours
Robin Airlines was grounded the day after the accident because of 40 violations. The airline had gone out of business following a Dec. 20, 1951 crash but started trading as 'North Continent Airlines'.

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photo of Curtiss-C-46F-Commando-N8404C
accident date: 18-04-1952
type: Curtiss C-46F Commando
registration: N8404C
photo of Curtiss-C-46F-Commando-N8404C
accident date: 18-04-1952
type: Curtiss C-46F Commando
registration: N8404C
 

Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ et Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA est de 589 km (368 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
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