NC59488

Safety history

• August 21, 1947AccidentHull loss

  While flying at an altitude of 10,000 feet in marginal weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Blue Bell Knoll located north of Boulder, Utah. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all three occupants were killed.

  Curtiss C-46 Commando · 3 fatalities

  Upon the basis of all available evidence, the Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the continuation of the flight into instrument weather conditions over mountainous terrain at an altitude too low to clear the mountains en route. Full accident record