Estado: | |
Fecha: | martes 13 enero 1959 |
Tipo: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Operador: | California Air Freight |
Registración: | N1240N |
Numéro de série: | 22404 |
Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Panther Peak, CA ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Carga |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:The aircraft crashed into the ridge of a mountain range (Panther Peak) at an altitude of 8600 feet msl, located 45 miles to the right of the airway. The minimum safe altitude for the direct route Burbank-Seattle is 14500 feet compared to 8500 feet over the airway route.
Fuentes:
» Madera Tribune 15 January 1959, p1
» Madera Tribune Wednesday 14 January 1959, p1
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA as the crow flies is 1500 km (937 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.