| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 21, 1947 |
| Time: | 0611 |
| Location: | Hanksville, Utah |
| Operator: | Slick Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Curtiss C-46E |
| Registration: | NC59488 |
| cn / ln: | 2935 |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The cargo plane entered a thunderstorm and struck Blue Bell Knoll Mountain. The continuation of the flight into instrument weather conditions over mountainous terrain at an altitude too low to clear the mountains en route. |
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