
Détails:
Flight 914 departed Los Angeles at 22:12 MST for an IFR flight plan flight to Chicago. En route altitude was FL130. In level flight the aircraft flew into the west ridge of what is now California Peak (13,849 feet), about 150 feet below the ridge.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Position disorientation during night instrument flight resulting in flight below obstructing terrain."
accident date: 15-12-1965
type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N6914C
accident date: 15-12-1965
type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N6914C
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | mercredi 15 décembre 1965 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
| Compagnie: | Flying Tiger Line |
| Immatriculation: | N6914C |
| Numéro de série: | 4811 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1957 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 32 km (20 milles) NE of Alamosa, CO ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Chicago (unknown airport), IL, Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 914 |
Flight 914 departed Los Angeles at 22:12 MST for an IFR flight plan flight to Chicago. En route altitude was FL130. In level flight the aircraft flew into the west ridge of what is now California Peak (13,849 feet), about 150 feet below the ridge.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Position disorientation during night instrument flight resulting in flight below obstructing terrain."
Photos
accident date: 15-12-1965
type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N6914C
accident date: 15-12-1965
type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N6914C
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