Douglas DC-3C N61442
12 March 1964 · Miles City Mont, Montana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 12 March 1964 at about 20:50 local time, a Douglas DC-3C registered N61442, operated by Frontier Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Miles City Mont, Montana, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Miles City Mont, Montana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Miles Cty Airport
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-3C
- Registration
- N61442
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Frontier Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0004
People
5 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
ACFT CRASHED DURING VOR ACTUAL INSTRUMENT APP. PILOT-DESCENDED ACFT BLO PUB IFR MIN FOR UNKN CAUS
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-3C accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-3C | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | Aloha Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 29 May 1965 | Douglas DC-3C | Nikolski Alas, Alaska, United States | Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1967 | Douglas DC-3C | Denver, Colorado, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 Jan 1967 | Douglas DC-3C | McGrath, Alaska, United States | Federal Aviati | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Mar 1967 | Douglas DC-3C | Merced, California, United States | Amerine Turkey | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1968 | Douglas DC-3C | Walls, Mississippi, United States | Jack Adams ACF | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 1964 | Convair 285ACF | Chichagof I Alas, Alaska, United States | Alaska Coastal-Ellis | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jul 1964 | Hughes 269A | Alief Tex, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1964 | Piper PA-18A | Loomis Neb, Nebraska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Sep 1964 | Hiller UH12B | Ontario Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 1964 | Piper PA-18A | Greenwood Miss, Mississippi, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Feb 1964 | Baird-Hall II | Fremont Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |