Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 05 OCT 1945 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-5190 |
| C/n / msn: | 26392 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) N of Uplands, CA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA (SBD/KSBD), United States of America |
| Reno AAB, NV, United States of America |
The C-46 hit the west peak of 10,064' Mt. Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains. Part of the wreck including the outer right wing section is located on the south slope of the mountain. The flight had departed San Bernardino AAF at 01:00 on an intrument flight to Reno.
Events:
Sources:
» Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 6-10-1945
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research
» Nevada State Journal 6-10-1945
» 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.
