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{{short description|1964 aviation accident}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=July 2013}}
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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
|name=Flying Tiger Flight 282
|Date=December 24, 1964
|image=Lockheed L-1049H N6918C FTL LGW 29.08.64.jpg
|caption=A L-1049H of [[Flying Tiger Line]] similar to the aircraft involved
|Type=[[Pilot error]], [[Controlled flight into terrain]]
|occurrence_type=Accident
|Site=[[San Bruno, California]], [[United States]]
|coordinates = {{coord|37|37|26|N|122|27|53|W|type:event|display=inline,title}}
|origin = [[San Francisco International Airport]], California, United States
| destination =[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
|Fatalities=3
|Injuries=
|aircraft_type=[[Lockheed Super Constellation|Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation]]
|Operator=[[Flying Tiger Line]]
|tail_number=N6915C
|Occupants=3
|Passengers=0
|Crew=3
|Survivors=0
|
}}
'''Flying Tiger Line Flight 282''' refers to the [[air accident|crash]] of a [[Lockheed Super Constellation]] aircraft, N6915C, shortly after [[takeoff]] from [[San Francisco International Airport]] in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 24, 1964.

==Description==
On Wednesday, December 23, 1964, [[Flying Tiger Line]] 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 [[Christmas]] holiday, the craft was refueled and then departed just after midnight with a crew of three, {{convert|41000|lb}} of cargo, {{convert|136|lb}} of mail, and 5,000 gallons of high-octane [[aviation fuel]]. There crewmen aboard were: [[pilot (aviation)|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]]. The weather was heavy [[fog]] and rain. A large [[cold front]] was moving onshore; it had already caused the loss of a [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] helicopter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fatal Coast Guard Aircraft Accidents |url=http://www.check-six.com/lib/Coast_Guard_Aviation_Casualties.htm#1960 |website=Check-Six.com |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref>

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 [[control tower|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 [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]], 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 [[Civil Aeronautics Board]] 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==
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==External links==
*[https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33710 CAB Aircraft Accident Report, SA-382 File No. 1-0064] – [https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33710/dot_33710_DS1.pdf PDF] 
*[http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/FTL882-CABreport.htm Transcription of the CAB Aircraft Accident Report, released June 8, 1966]
*[http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Flying_Tiger_282.htm Check-Six.com - The Crash of Flying Tiger Line Flight 282] - including period and recent photographs of the crash site
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