Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation crash, Dec 24, 1964 (3 killed)
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation accident on December 24, 1964 near San Bruno California, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The Civil...
- Date: December 24, 1964
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
- Location: San Bruno California, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The Civil Aeronautics Board found that the pilot, for undetermined reasons, deviated from the departure course into rising terrain, where downdrafts and turbulence prevented the aircraft from climbing.
Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a Lockheed Super Constellation cargo flight, departed San Francisco shortly after midnight on 24 December 1964 bound for New York. Shortly after takeoff it deviated from the departure course and struck rising terrain on Sweeney's Ridge south of San Francisco, and all three crew members were killed.