Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 JUN 1949 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force) |
| Registration: | 4X-ACG |
| C/n / msn: | 30575 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Avraham (Israel) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed in the Negev Desert shortly after takeoff. The C-46 was loaded land-mines and burned out.
One report indicates that the accident happened in October 1948.
Sources:
» The 'other' Airlift / Air Enthusiast 44
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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.
