| Date: | Friday 23 February 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Slick Airways |
| Registration: | N59490 |
| MSN: | 2942 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newhall, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR) |
| San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Altitude was lost while trying to divert to Burbank Airport after encountering icing conditions en route. The crew ultimately carried out a forced landing next to a highway. The Curtiss collided with a large iron pole and sheared a power line pole before coming to rest.
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