ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333415
| Date: | Saturday 6 January 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | TAN Honduras - Transportes Aéreos Nacionales |
| Registration: | HR-TNB |
| MSN: | 435 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Belize City-Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport (BZE) -
 Belize
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Belize City-Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport (BZE/MZBZ) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Shortly after takeoff the no. 1 engine failed. The plane failed to gain height and crashed in a wooded area on the west bank of the Belize River. The plane was overloaded by 500 lb (227 kg).
Sources:
Lakeland Ledger 7 January 1962, p1
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