ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335267
| Date: | Tuesday 22 September 1953 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | North Star Airlines |
| Registration: | N1673M |
| MSN: | 22460 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,8 km E of Miles City Municipal Airport, MT (MLS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Miles City Municipal Airport, MT (MLS/KMLS) |
The C-46 transport plane operated on a flight to fly 37 Korean War veterans from Seattle to Boston and Baltimore. A refueling stop had been made at Miles City. Shortly after takeoff a fire erupted on the no. 2 engine. The crew returned to the airport, but had to make a forced landing in a stubble field. The fuselage was consumed by the fire.
Sources:
Ottawa Citizen - Sep 23, 1953
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