Douglas DC-6A N6579C

18 May 1965 · Knob Noster Mo, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 May 1965 at about 06:01 local time, a Douglas DC-6A registered N6579C, operated by American Air Export & Import Co., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Knob Noster Mo, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 May 1965 at 06:01
Classification: Accident
Location: Knob Noster Mo, Missouri, United States
Nearest airport: Whiteman Afb
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6A
Registration: N6579C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Air Export & Import Co.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Dawn
NTSB number: 1-0004

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

FLT BRIEFED BY USAF WX FORECASTER.CAPT DESCENDEDBELOW ILS GLIDE SLOPE DURING APP IN ADVERSE WX.

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 1-0004, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
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15 Aug 1965	Douglas DC-6A N37595	Boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
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2 Oct 1964	Douglas DC-6A N6579C	San Bernadino, California, United States no coordinates	American Air Export & Import Co.	No injuries	-
31 Jan 1967	Douglas DC-6A N640NA	San Antonio, Texas, United States no coordinates	Saturn Airways, Inc.	Fatal	3

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