ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando 41-24710 Sookerating Air Base
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Date:Wednesday 26 April 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 41-24710
MSN: 26631
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Sookerating Air Base (   India)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Sookerating Air Base, India
Destination airport:Sookerating Air Base, India
Narrative:
The C-46 crashed during a test flight after a taxiing accident left prop repair. During test hop the left prop over feathered and went into reverse pitch. Pilot was able to partially straighten aircraft out to crash land.

Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)


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accident date: 26-04-1944
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accident date: 26-04-1944
type: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
registration: 41-24710
 

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