Lowry - Ogden

On December 7, 1963 at 07:19 PM, Lowry - Ogden experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by Zantop Air Transport, with the event recorded near Nederland Colorado.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was conducting a cargo flight from Lowry AFB to Ogden-Hill AFB on behalf of the US Air Force. While cruising over the Rockies at an altitude of 12,500 feet, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane struck the slope of mountain and crashed in flames. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the airplane nor the three occupants was found. The wreckage was located on 8 July 1964. All three occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration N609Z, MSN 26571, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.9614°, -105.5108°.