| Date: | Friday 8 May 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46 Super C |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Peruanos - TAPSA |
| Registration: | OB-QAM |
| MSN: | 26709 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport (CUZ) -
 Peru
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport (CUZ/SPZO) |
The TAPSA Curtiss C-46 crashed in a field, immediately after takeoff.
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photo (c) Eulogio Nishiyama; Cuzco; 08 May 1959
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