Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 MAY 1959 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Peruanos - TAPSA |
| Registration: | OB-QAM-488 |
| C/n / msn: | 26709 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Cuzco (Peru) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport (CUZ/SPZO), Peru |
| ? |
The TAPSA Curtiss C-46 crashed in a field, immediately after takeoff.
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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.
