Curtiss Wrt C-46 N7923C
2 May 1969 · Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 2 May 1969 at about 16:25 local time, a Curtiss Wrt C-46 registered N7923C, operated by Fairbanks Air, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fairbanks Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Curtiss Wrt C-46
- Registration
- N7923C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Fairbanks Air
- Operating rule
- Contract Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Charter Cargo-Domestic
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0927
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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
STRUCK PARKED ACFT N2969V, SUBSTL DAMAGE AND N1385D, MINOR DAMAGE. RAN INTO DITCH.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Curtiss Wrt C-46 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 1969 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | Flying W Airwa | Fatal | 2 |
| 9 Feb 1968 | Curtiss Wrt C-46 | Miami, Florida, United States | B.b.mccormick | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1970 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46 | Sagwon, Alaska, United States | Trans Artic AI | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 1968 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46 | Kindley, Other-Foreign Countries | World Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1967 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46 | Hilo Hawaii, Hawaii, United States | Channel Airlif | Fatal | 3 |
| 17 Mar 1967 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Interior Airwa | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |