NC45353

On November 7, 1945 at 12:00 AM, NC45353 experienced a crash involving Budd RB-1 Conestoga, operated by National Skyway Freight, with the event recorded near Albuquerque New Mexico.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a delivery flight from Atlanta to California. While cruising at an altitude of 800 feet, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed near Albuquerque. The flight engineer was seriously injured while both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC45353, MSN 011, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.1677°, -106.5254°.