Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 1 February 1959
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3B-202
Owner/operator: General Airways
Registration Number: N17314
Location: 11 km SE of Kerrville Airport, TX (ERV) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 28
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
Description
The General Airways DC-3 was being used for a Civil Air Movement of military personnel from Boise to Lackland AFB via Pueblo. On the final leg of the flight icing weather conditions were encountered. The accretion of ice on the aircraft became critical and the flight crew attempted to reach Kerrville but ran out of fuel, crash-landed in trees and caught fire. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The captain’s poor judgement in continuing into known and dangerous icing conditions.”
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