ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330194
| Date: | Thursday 10 May 1973 |
| Time: | 15:09 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Joel Guinn |
| Registration: | N446M |
| MSN: | 133 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km from Ellington AFB, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Houston-Ellington Field, TX (EFD/KEFD) |
| Miami (unknown airport), FL | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The C-46 departed Ellington AFB 1120 lb (508 kg) overloaded. On climbout the right propeller oversped. The crew was unable to lower the gear and carried out a wheels-up landing in a field along the I-45 west of the airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
powerplant - propeller and accessories: other
miscellaneous - foreign material affecting normal operations
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly loaded aircraft-weight-and/or c.g.
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improper emergency procedures
miscellaneous acts,conditions - intentional wheels-up
Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) Dean Straw; 3mls from Ellington AFB, TX
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