| Date: | Wednesday 27 June 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Paraense Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-BTE |
| MSN: | 30260 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pedro Afonso, GO -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Pedro Afonso, GO (SWPA) |
The Curtiss tended to veer to the left shortly after touchdown on runway 24. The pilot decided to takeoff again and ordered the co-pilot to retract the gear. The gear was retracted prematurely, causing the plane to sink back on the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Incorrect use of brakes and/or flying controls."
Sources:
Folha de São Paulo 28 June 1962, p10
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1959 | PP-BTE | Paraense Transportes Aéreos | 0 | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) | |
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Images:
photo (c) Marco Menezes; Panagarh Airport (VEPH); September 1955
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