- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 09, 1949 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
Operator: | Slick Airways |
Flight #: | 11-8 |
Route: | Las Vegas - Denver |
AC Type: | Curtiss C-46E-1-CS |
Registration: | N59485 |
cn / ln: | 2939 |
Aboard: | 4 (passengers:2 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:2 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Diverted to Cheyenne, while on approach, the aircraft crashed 2.5 miles short of the runway after encountering severe turbulence and icing. Loss of control of the aircraft during an instrument approach to Cheyenne, under conditions of heavy icing and severe turbulence. |
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