ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando 42-107397 Speculator, NY
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Date:Tuesday 19 September 1944
Time:23:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-107397
MSN: 27084
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:19 km (11.9 mls) NNW of Speculator, NY (   United States of America)
Crash site elevation: 975 m (3199 feet) amsl
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR), United States of America
Destination airport:Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR), United States of America
Narrative:
Flew into the side of Blue Ridge Mountain at an elevation of 3200 feet. The airplane operated on a navigation training flight. The wreckage was found in August 1945.



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