Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 JAN 1959 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Peruanos - TAPSA |
| Registration: | OB-QAL-487 |
| C/n / msn: | 26656 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| 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: | Moyobamba Airport (MBP) (Peru) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Moyobamba Airport (MBP/SPBB), Peru |
The C-46 pane overran the runway on landing and struck a radio mast.
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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.
