| Date: | Thursday 27 April 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Air Cameroun |
| Registration: | F-BESN |
| MSN: | 22377 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bangui Airport (BGF) -
 Central African Republic
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bangui Airport (BGF/FEFF) |
The C-46 transport plane, carrying 6 tons of meat, suffered a loss of engine power shortly after takeoff from Bangui. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in the forced landing.
Sources:
Du trimoteur au quadrijet: le transport aérien en Afrique noire francophone 1940-1961 / Vital Ferry, 2006
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