ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324992
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| Date: | Saturday 23 April 1994 |
| Time: | 04:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Relief Air Transport |
| Registration: | C-GIXZ |
| MSN: | 22495 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Lokichoggio Airport (LKG) -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lokichoggio Airport (LKG/HKLK) |
The aircraft, chartered to Relief Air Transport, suffered a no. 1 engine failure on climbout. Undercarriage and flaps were retracted and the engine shut down. Unable to maintain height, a belly landing was made. The left wing struck trees during the slide.
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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Winnipeg Airport, MB (YWG); October 1991
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