We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The Board determined the probable cause of the accident was the "inability of the aircraft to gain or maintain altitude due to carburetor ice or propeller ice or wing ice or some combination of these icing conditions while over terrain and in weather unsuitable for an emergency landing." The Board cited as a contributing factor the "weather conditions which, had their nature been anticipated, should have precluded the dispatch of the flight in an aircraft not equipped with wing or propeller deic
Douglas DC3 · 11 fatalities