Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 31 MAY 1958 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Reeve Aleutian Airways |
| Registration: | N1302N |
| C/n / msn: | 22479 |
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| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Driftwood Bay, AK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Driftwood Bay, AK, United States of America |
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The Curtiss C-46 freighter took off from Driftwood Bay carrying a cargo of bags of cement. Immediately after lift-off the aircraft started to porpoise and at 800 feet altitude it went into a vertical climb and crashed into water.
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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.
