- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 14, 1963 |
Time: | 1500 |
Location: | Near Great Falls, Montana |
Operator: | American Air Export & Import Co. |
Flight #: | 1814 |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU |
Registration: | N67941 |
cn / ln: | 22391 |
Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft lost an engine during takeoff and could not gain sufficient altitude, entered a canyon which forced a landing in a field causing the aircraft to strike a small earth dam. The failure of the captain to effect a proper and timely assessment of a power plant malfunction, followed by improper judgment and technique during a single-engine emergency operation. |
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