ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332934
| Date: | Thursday 12 March 1964 |
| Time: | 20:50 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3C) |
| Owner/operator: | Frontier Airlines (FL) |
| Registration: | N61442 |
| MSN: | 9642 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 30442 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SE of Miles City Municipal Airport, MT (MLS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Billings-Logan Field, MT (BIL/KBIL) |
| Miles City Municipal Airport, MT (MLS/KMLS) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 struck the crest of a 2615 feet high upslope (a few feet below airfield elevation) during an VOR approach to Miles City runway 30. Adverse weather conditions existed in the form of near-minima ceiling and visibility, icing, and high gusty winds.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The descent below obstructing terrain, for reasons undetermined, during an instrument approach in adverse weather conditions."
Accident investigation:
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