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Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando on Black Mountain: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-12355
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
26482
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While overflying Colorado, the aircraft hit the slope of the Black Mountain located some 15 miles west of Guffey. Both pilots, sole on board, were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Robert E. McIntyre, pilot,
2nd Lt William H. Eisenman Jr., copilot.
Probable cause:
The crew was asleep with the autopilot ON when the accident occurred.