Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N619Z

6 July 1962 · Vandenburg Ab, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 July 1962 at about 13:47 local time, a Curtiss-Wrt C-46F registered N619Z, operated by Zantop Air Transport, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Vandenburg Ab, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 July 1962 at 13:47
Classification: Accident
Location: Vandenburg Ab, California, United States
Nearest airport: Vandenburg Afbase
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtiss-Wrt C-46F
Registration: N619Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Zantop Air Transport
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Norton Afbase, Calif → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0052

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PARKED ACFT, PIPER PA-23 N4587P, SUBSTL DMG. C-46 PLT TAXIED PRIOR TO RECEIVING OK FROM GRND CREWMAN

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0052, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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