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| Date: | Sunday 7 January 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-5-CU |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Universal |
| Registration: | CP-746 |
| MSN: | 26417 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | El Alto International Airport (LPB) -
 Bolivia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | La Paz/El Alto IAP (LPB/SLLP) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft's port engine reportedly failed and the crew elected to carry out a forced landing, putting the aircraft down on its belly, beyond the end of the runway.
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdfPEAPL
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | CP-746 | Servicios Aéreos del Oriente - SAO | 0 | |
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