Date:	Friday 4 August 1950
Time:
Type:	Curtiss R5C-1 Commando (C-46)
Owner/operator:	United States Marine Corps
Registration:	39566
MSN:	30539
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK) -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Cherry Point MCAS, NC (KNKT)
Destination airport:	Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK/KTIK)

Narrative:
The USMC Curtiss Commando departed Cherry Point MCAS, NC (NK) on a flight to Moffett Field NAS, CA (NUQ) with an enroute stop at Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK). The airplane carried a high-priority cargo of explosives.
Both engines of the plane lost power during a Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) to Tinker AFB. The Curtiss belly landed short of the airport. During the forced landing the no. 1 engine was torn off. A fire erupted, setting off the explosives in the cargo hold.

Explosive-laden plane blown up after landing (Lima News, 1950-08-05)
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher

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