ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando 44-77508 Wheeler-Sack AAF, NY
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Date:Sunday 10 February 1952
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 44-77508
MSN: 32904
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 36
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Wheeler-Sack AAF, NY (   United States of America)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Wheeler-Sack AAF, NY (KGTB), United States of America
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A Curtiss C-46D transport plane, 44-77508, was the ninth in a formation of 17 that took off from Wheeler-Sack AAF, NY. It carried a crew of four and 32 paratroopers.
On takeoff it made a 90 degree turn and crashed into a row of parked aircraft.
Damaged were Fairchild C-82A Packet (44-23017/45-57795, Cat3) and Ryan L-17B Navion (48-1064, Cat3).

Sources:
» Chicago Tribune Feb. 11, 1952
» The Spokesman-Review - Feb 11, 1952


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