ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337126
| Date: | Tuesday 10 December 1946 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: |  Curtiss R5C-1 Commando (C-46A) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 39528 |
| MSN: | 26715 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Rainier, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ/KNZJ) |
| Seattle NAS, WA |
A USMC Curtiss Commando transport plane was destroyed when it flew into South Tahoma Glacier on Mt. Rainier, WA in bad weather. All 32 on board were killed.
The airplane was en route from Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, California to NAS Sand Point, Seattle, Washington.
The wreckage was not found until July 1947. It had crashed on the 10,500 foot level of Mount Rainier.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Windsor Daily Star - Dec 13, 1946
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