| Date: | Saturday 7 December 1963 |
| Time: | 19:19 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
| Registration: | N609Z |
| MSN: | 26571 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11694 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 km NW of Nederland, CO -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Aurora-Lowry AFB, CO |
| Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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
Sources:
NTSB File 1-0073
Images:
photo (c) Bruce Trudgill; near Nederland, CO; 10 August 2018
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