ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330384
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Date: | Thursday 7 September 1972 |
Time: | 17:57 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | SAVCO - Servicios Aéreos Virgen de Copacabana |
Registration: | CP-959 |
MSN: | 26903 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Trinidad Airport (TDD) -
Bolivia
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Trinidad Airport (TDD/SLTR) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-46 reached 20 m after a takeoff run of 1200 m (using runway 31) when the no. 1 engine failed. The aircraft banked left, lost height, touched down again and ran through small trees and a fence . The right gear collapsed and the nose hit the ground.
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