Last updated: 8 March 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-96689 |
| C/n / msn: | 30351 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Yankai ( China)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Damaged beyond repair when the C-46 landed downwind and overshot the runway.
Sources:
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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.
