Flugunfall 24 DEC 1964 einer Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N6915C - San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Donnerstag 24 Dezember 1964
Zeit:00:31
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Fluggesellschaft:Flying Tiger Line
Kennzeichen: N6915C
Werknummer: 4812
Baujahr: 1957
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:7 km (4.4 Meilen) WSW of San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) (   USA)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Frachtflug
Flug von:San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), USA
Flug nach:New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), USA
Flugnummer: 282
Unfallbericht:
The Constellation departed San Francisco runway 28L at 00:28 for an IFR flight to New York. Three minutes later the crew were advised that they were to the left of the prescribed departure course. Just 10 seconds later the plane crashed into rising terrain of Sweeney's Ridge.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The probable cause was that the pilot, for undetermined reasons, deviated from departure course into an area of rising terrain where downdraft activity and turbulence affected the climb capability of the aircraft sufficiently to prevent terrain clearance."

Accident investigation:

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

Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume III, Circular 82-AN/69 (142-153)


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Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 4124 km (2577 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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.
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