Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 JUN 1958 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Luxair |
| Registration: | LX-LAA |
| C/n / msn: | 22422 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR) (Germany)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS), Germany |
The Luxair Curtiss C-46, on a training flight, landed at Stuttgart. After touchdown the left landing gear lag collapsed, causing the plane to veer off the runway. The aircraft caught fire and was damaged beyond repair.
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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.
