Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 MAY 1969 |
| Time: | 00:05 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Kimex Inc |
| Registration: | N1247N |
| C/n / msn: | 22565 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Barcelona (Venezuela) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Curaçao-Dr. Albert Plesman Airport (CUR/TNCC), Netherlands Antilles |
The no. 2 engine failed and the C-46 crashed while attempting to land at Barcelona.
Sources:
» NTSB
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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.
