ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331282
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Date: | Wednesday 17 December 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Austral Lineas Aéreas |
Registration: | LV-GEB |
MSN: | 30325 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP) -
Argentina
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP/SABE) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Fuel exhaustion because of incorrect tank selection caused the no. 1 engine to quit when climbing through 90 m after takeoff. Unable to maintain height, a forced landing was carried out on a small sports field.
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