- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 24, 1964 |
Time: | 0031 |
Location: | Near San Francisco, California |
Operator: | Flying Tiger Line |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | San Francisco - New York |
AC Type: | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
Registration: | N6915C |
cn / ln: | 4812 |
Aboard: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The cargo plane flew off course and struck a mountain in the San Bruno range. The pilot, for undetermined reasons, deviated from departure course into an area of rising terrain where downdraft activity and turbulence affected the climb capability of the aircraft sufficiently to prevent terrain clearance. |
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