Narrative:
The Curtiss departed Lowry AFB for a flight to Hill AFB at 18:59MST, but failed to arrive at the destination. The wreckage was found on July 8, 1964. The plane had impacted into a vertical rock face in level flight or slightly nose-up attitude at about 12500 feet altitude. Fire consumed 90% of the wreckage.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - improper in-flight decisions or planning
pilot in command - exercised poor judgment
accident date: 07-12-1963
type: Curtiss C-46A Commando
registration: N609Z
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 7 December 1963 |
| Time: | 19:19 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registration: | N609Z |
| MSN: | 26571 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11694 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) NW of Nederland, CO ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Aurora-Lowry AFB, CO, United States of America |
| Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF), United States of America |
The Curtiss departed Lowry AFB for a flight to Hill AFB at 18:59MST, but failed to arrive at the destination. The wreckage was found on July 8, 1964. The plane had impacted into a vertical rock face in level flight or slightly nose-up attitude at about 12500 feet altitude. Fire consumed 90% of the wreckage.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - improper in-flight decisions or planning
pilot in command - exercised poor judgment
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» NTSB File 1-0073Photos
accident date: 07-12-1963
type: Curtiss C-46A Commando
registration: N609Z
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