| Date: | Saturday 15 October 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Capitol Airways |
| Registration: | N1300N |
| MSN: | 22481 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Plain City, UT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Rapid City Regional Airport, SD (RAP/KRAP) |
| Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The C-46 crew started a simulated ILS approach with radar advisories to Hill AFB. An in-flight wing separation at 6500 feet msl caused the plane to crash 10 miles from the airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The fatigue of the right wing lower attach angle bolts resulting in an in-flight wing failure."
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