Airplane Crash - Windsor Locks, Connecticut 03/04/1953
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Date | 03/04/1953 |
Location | Windsor Locks, Connecticut |
Operator | Slick Airways |
Flight # | 162 |
Route | New York, NY - Winsor Locks, CT |
Type | Curtiss C-46F |
Registration | N4717N |
Cn/In | 22400 |
Aboard | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | After missing his first approach to the airport, the pilot displayed poor judgement in attempting a circle under the overcast in rain and at night, rather than execute a standard instrument approach. |
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