ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando 41-5190 Uplands, CA
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Date:Friday 5 October 1945
Time:01:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 41-5190
MSN: 26392
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:16 km (10 mls) N of Uplands, CA (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA (SBD/KSBD), United States of America
Destination airport:Reno AAB, NV, United States of America
Narrative:
The C-46 hit the west peak of 10,064' Mt. Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains. Part of the wreck including the outer right wing section is located on the south slope of the mountain. The flight had departed San Bernardino AAF at 01:00 on an instrument flight to Reno.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 6-10-1945
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Nevada State Journal 6-10-1945
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles


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