Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 NOV 1946 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-78691 |
| C/n / msn: | 22514 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) off Iwo Jima Air Base (IWO), Japan (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guam-Agana NAS (NGM), Guam |
| Iwo Jima Air Base (IWO/RJAW), Japan |
Crashed.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Chicago Tribune
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Guam-Agana NAS to Iwo Jima Air Base as the crow flies is 1301 km (813 miles).
Distance from Guam-Agana NAS to Iwo Jima Air Base as the crow flies is 1301 km (813 miles).
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.
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Curtiss C-46
- 632nd loss
- 3341 built
- 6th worst accident (at the time)
- 35th worst accident (currently)
Pacific Ocean- 2nd worst accident (at the time)
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