Curtis C-46F N606Z

31 August 1965 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 August 1965 at about 10:18 local time, a Curtis C-46F registered N606Z, operated by Zantop Air Transport, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Atlanta, Georgia, 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: 31 August 1965 at 10:18
Classification: Accident
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport: Atlanta Municipal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtis C-46F
Registration: N606Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Zantop Air Transport
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0045

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

IMPROPERLY FABRICATED HOSE-NORMAL EXTENSION.WRONG BOLT IN EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM.BOTH FAILED.

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 1-0045, 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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