26
Mar
Douglas DC-6A – N6541C
The DC-6 struck the a snow covered glacier on the west slope of Mt Rainier at an elevation of 10200 feet msl (3108 m). PROBABLE CAUSE:...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-6A – N6579C
Hit trees 0,8 miles from the runway in heavy rain, lost undercarriage no 4 engine and slid for 1200ft rupturing the fuel tanks and catc...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46R Commando – N9885F
Weather at New Orleans was below landing minima, so the flight was diverted to Baton Rouge. Weather at Baton Rouge was a ceiling 300 fe...
26
Mar
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation – N6915C
The Constellation departed San Francisco runway 28L at 00:28 for an IFR flight to New York. Three minutes later the crew were advised t...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando – N608Z
The C-46 Commando had been cleared for a runway 3L ILS approach at Detroit in poor weather (sky obscured, visibility 1 mile, light driz...
26
Mar
Lockheed 18 Learstar I – N512V
The Lodestar pilots were cleared for an approach to Detroit-Willow Run Airport runway 05R. While on final approach the crew indicated t...
26
Mar
Steward-Davis Super Catalina (PBY-5A) – N4936V
The airplane nosed in after a hard landing on the water of Otter Lake. It was transporting supplies from Sitka to build a US Forest Ser...
26
Mar
Fairchild F-27A – N745L
Weather was poor near Las Vegas with indefinite ceiling at 500 feet, sky obscured, 900 m visibility and light snow. Flight 114 was flyi...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando – N3971B
The Curtiss C-46 was loaded to about 20 pounds under the maximum allowable gross weight of 48000 pounds for the cargo flight to Wilming...
26
Mar
Fairchild F-27A – N2770R
A Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27, N2770R, arrived at Reno, NV, at 19:40 as Flight 756 from San Francisco International Airport. The n...