Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 23 SEP 1943 |
| Zeit: | 23:45 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 41-12356 |
| Werknummer: | 26483 |
| Baujahr: | 1943 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 6 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 6 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | McCloud, CA (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC), USA |
| Seattle (unknown airport), WA, USA |
After takeoff from McClellan, engine power was reduced to 35 inches of manifold pressure at 2300 rpm. It circled the field , climbing to the cruising altitude of 16.500 feet. Then the nr.2 engine failed. Attempts were made to restart the engine, but all attempts failed. By then the left engine also failed. One crew member bailed out safely before the plane crashed.
Informationsquelle:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
