Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 JAN 1955 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Resort Airlines |
| Registration: | N1242N |
| C/n / msn: | 22406 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chattanooga, TN (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Chattanooga Airport, TN (CHA/KCHA), United States of America |
The Resort C-46 descended below the ILS glide path while approaching Chattanooga and struck trees. Part of the left wing broke off and the aircraft crashed into the ground, coming to rest against a railroad embankment and a bridge.
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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.
