- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 24, 1964
Time: 0031
Location: Near San Francisco, California
Operator: Flying Tiger Line
Flight #: ?
Route: San Francisco - New York
AC Type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Registration: N6915C
cn / ln: 4812
Aboard: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane flew off course and struck a mountain in the San Bruno range. The pilot, for undetermined reasons, deviated from departure course into an area of rising terrain where downdraft activity and turbulence affected the climb capability of the aircraft sufficiently to prevent terrain clearance.
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