Date: | Thursday 15 June 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | N74170 |
MSN: | 22477 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Merida -
Mexico
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The no. 2 propeller separated in-flight, cutting through the bottom of the fuselage and contacting the no. 1 prop. A wheels-up landing was carried out near Merida. It appeared the prop had failed following a master rod bearing failure and shaft failure of the no. 2 engine.
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