| Date: | Sunday 30 December 1951 |
| Time: | 22:07 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Transocean Air Lines |
| Registration: | N68963 |
| MSN: | 22485 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1937 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-75 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Fairbanks, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Umiat Airport, AK (UMT/PAUM) |
| Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Approaching Fairbanks the crew reported having missed the radio range fix and stated that the ADF was inoperative. Last contact was 2 minutes later when they reported proceeding out on the west leg of range. The wreckage was found on January 3, 1952.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot to follow procedures and utilize properly the radio facilities for approach and letdown at Fairbanks, with the result that the flight became lost."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0116
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