Date:	Saturday 6 January 1945
Time:	07:15
Type:	Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-96690
MSN:	30352
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	50 km E of Carson City, NV -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Reno AAB, NV
Destination airport:	Reno AAB, NV

Narrative:
The C-46 transport plane departed Reno AAF at 06:50 on a local training flight. A fire started in the near the no. 1 engine. The left wing was on fire and separated outside the engine, striking the tail section. The airplane stared to disintegrate and crashed.

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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