Date: | Monday 3 February 1969 |
Time: | 01:20 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Carolina Aircraft Corp. |
Registration: | N5133B |
MSN: | 26988 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Manaus, AM -
Brazil
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ/SKSP) |
Destination airport: | Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN) |
Narrative:The C-46 ditched in the Rio Negro river following fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | UNK69X0109 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Folha de São Paulo 5 February 1969, p6
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