- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 29, 1951
Time: 2225
Location: Near Little Valley, New York
Operator: Continental Charters
Flight #: 44-2
Route: Miami - Pittsburgh - Buffalo
AC Type: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU
Registration: N3944C
cn / ln: 30466
Aboard: 40   (passengers:36  crew:4)
Fatalities: 26   (passengers:23  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Proceeding at a low altitude to maintain reference with the ground in nearly zero ceiling and visibility , the plane drifted off course and crashed into a hill 15 miles east of the direct route. Flying VFR under IFR conditions. The captain's poor judgement in attempting a flight by visual reference during instrument weather conditions.
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