Curtis-Wrt C-46 N68966

19 November 1966 · Keflavick Ice, Iceland · No injuries

Summary

On 19 November 1966 at about 11:20 local time, a Curtis-Wrt C-46 registered N68966, operated by Industrija NAF, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Keflavick Ice, Iceland. 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: 19 November 1966 at 11:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Keflavick Ice, Iceland
Nearest airport: Keflavick
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtis-Wrt C-46
Registration: N68966
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Industrija NAF
Operating rule: Other
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0078

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.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ICELAND.

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 6-0078, 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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