Flying Tiger Line Flight 282
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Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | |
Operator | Flying Tiger Line |
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Registration | N6915C |
Flight origin | San Francisco International Airport, California, United States |
Destination | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States |
Occupants | 3 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Survivors | 0 |
Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 refers to the
On Wednesday, December 23, 1964, Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 arrived at San Francisco International Airport from Japan. Filled with a cargo of electronic equipment, bolts of fabric, women's scarves, bandannas, purses, and costume jewelry for the Christmas holiday, the craft was refueled and then departed just after midnight with a crew of three, 41,000 pounds (19,000 kg) of cargo, 136 pounds (62 kg) of mail, and 5,000 gallons of high-octane aviation fuel. The weather was heavy fog and rain. A large cold front was moving onshore; it had already caused the loss of a Coast Guard helicopter.[1]
Going northwest from
The "Super Connie" crashed near the top of Sweeney Ridge in San Bruno, very close to the site of a Coast Guard radio station. All three crew members aboard were killed. No one on the ground was killed or injured.
The Civil Aeronautics Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was that the pilot, for undetermined reasons, deviated from departure course into an area of rising terrain, where downdraft activity and turbulence affected the ability of the craft to climb.
References
- ^ "Fatal Coast Guard Aircraft Accidents". Check-Six.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
External links
- CAB Aircraft Accident Report, SA-382 File No. 1-0064 – PDF
- Transcription of the CAB Aircraft Accident Report, released June 8, 1966
- Check-Six.com - The Crash of Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 - including period and recent photographs of the crash site