Narrative:
Crashed. The aircraft probably operated on a ferry flight from Bolivia to Brazil. Loide Aéreo Nacional from Brazil had just bought the aircraft from Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 29 July 1951 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Loide Aéreo Nacional |
| Registration: | CB-39 |
| MSN: | 26488 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB) ( Bolivia)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB), Bolivia |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
Crashed. The aircraft probably operated on a ferry flight from Bolivia to Brazil. Loide Aéreo Nacional from Brazil had just bought the aircraft from Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB.
Sources:
» El Informador 30 July 1951, p1Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 2466 km (1541 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 2466 km (1541 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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