Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 JUL 1948 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Expreso Aéreo Interamericano |
| Registration: | CU-P198 |
| C/n / msn: | 33534 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Maiquetia-La Gloria (Venezuela) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
Both engines flamed out due to fuel starvation. The Curtiss C-46 ditched and sank short of the runway.
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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 Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport to Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport as the crow flies is 2126 km (1329 miles).
Distance from Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport to Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport as the crow flies is 2126 km (1329 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.
