ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335315
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| Date: | Sunday 19 July 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Air Transport |
| Registration: | N1679M |
| MSN: | 22573 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dallas-Love Field, TX (DAL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| Dallas-Love Field, TX (DAL/KDAL) |
The Curtiss C-46 freighter struck an embankment short of the runway. The aircraft bounced and crashed. The right wing broke off in the crash sequence, following which the aircraft rolled upside down.
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