Curtiss-Wrt C-46 N1243N

7 May 1969 · Medford, New Jersey, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 7 May 1969 at about 12:47 local time, a Curtiss-Wrt C-46 registered N1243N, operated by Flying W Airwa, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Medford, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 May 1969 at 12:47
Classification: Accident
Location: Medford, New Jersey, United States
Nearest airport: Flying W Ranch
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtiss-Wrt C-46
Registration: N1243N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Flying W Airwa
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Allentown, Pa
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2542

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

PREMATURE T/O TO AVOID ACFT TIEDOWN AREA AFTER LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL. TAILWHEEL IN UNLOCKED POS.

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 3-2542, 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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