Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 refers to the

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of a

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aircraft, N6915C, shortly after

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from San Francisco International Airport in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 24, 1964. There were 3 crewmen aboard: pilot Jabez A. Richards, 49, of Bayhead, New Jersey; Daniel W. Hennessy, 33, of Hillsborough, California, as co-pilot, and Paul M. Entz, 37, of North Hollywood, California, as flight engineer. On Wednesday, December 23, 1964,

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Flight 282 arrived at San Francisco International Airport from Japan. Filled with a cargo of electronic equipment, bolts of fabric, women's scarves, bandannas, purses, and costume jewelry for the

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holiday, the craft was refueled and then departed just after midnight with a crew of three, of cargo, of mail, and 5,000 gallons of high-octane

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. The weather was heavy fog and rain. A large

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was moving onshore; it had already caused the loss of a

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helicopter. Going northwest from San Francisco Bay, Flight 282 was to head out over the ocean to circle and gain altitude, then travel east toward its destination of JFK International Airport in New York City. Shortly after takeoff, however, the plane veered to the left of its planned course. The pilot subsequently asked the tower for permission to change his radio setting from takeoff to departure frequency. Seconds later, the plane vanished from the tower's radar scope. The "Super Connie" crashed near the top of Sweeney Ridge in

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, very close to the site of a Coast Guard radio station. All three crew members aboard were killed. No one on the ground was killed or injured. The

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determined that the probable cause of the accident was that the pilot, for undetermined reasons, deviated from departure course into an area of rising terrain, where downdraft activity and turbulence affected the ability of the craft to climb.

References

External links

CAB Aircraft Accident Report, SA-382 File No. 1-0064
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