Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 06 JAN 1945 |
| Zeit: | 07:15 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 42-96690 |
| Werknummer: | 30352 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 50 km (31.3 Meilen) E of Carson City, NV (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Reno AAB, NV, USA |
| Reno AAB, NV, USA |
The C-46 transport plane departed Reno AAF at 06:50 on a local training flight. A fire started in the near the nr.1 engine. The left wing was on fire and separated outside the engine, striking the tail section. The airplane stared to disintegrate and crashed.
Informationsquelle:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / 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.
