Narrative:
The C-46 transport plane departed Reno AAF at 06:50 on a local training flight. A fire started in the near the no. 1 engine. The left wing was on fire and separated outside the engine, striking the tail section. The airplane stared to disintegrate and crashed.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 6 January 1945 |
| Time: | 07:15 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-96690 |
| MSN: | 30352 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 50 km (31.3 mls) E of Carson City, NV ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Reno AAB, NV, United States of America |
| Reno AAB, NV, United States of America |
The C-46 transport plane departed Reno AAF at 06:50 on a local training flight. A fire started in the near the no. 1 engine. The left wing was on fire and separated outside the engine, striking the tail section. The airplane stared to disintegrate and crashed.
Classification:
Engine fire Loss of control
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. MirelesPhotos
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