- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 02, 1959
Time: 1716
Location: Abilene, Texas
Operator: Aaxico Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: Abilene, TX - Forth Worth, TX
AC Type: Curtiss C-46A
Registration: N5140B
cn / ln: 26809
Aboard: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane took off, rose to 200 ft., stalled and crashed. Elevator control lost. The aft link assembly became disconnected from the clevis in the elevator control horn assembly when an improperly secured bolt backed out.
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