ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333240
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 September 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Puerto Rican American Airlines |
| Registration: | N67937 |
| MSN: | 22386 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Pedro Sula Airport (SAP) -
 Honduras
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport (SAP/MHLM) |
The aircraft crashed on takeoff from San Pedro Sula. After losing power on one engine the airplane drifted to the side and went off the runway, striking a small wooden house.
The C-46 was carrying meat with destination Puerto Rico.
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photo (c) Captain Paul J. Holsen II; San Pedro Sula Airport; 18 September 1962
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