Date:	Saturday 3 November 1956
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	Sociedad de Transportes Aéreos - ALA
Registration:	CC-CAH-331
MSN:	33544
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near San Miguel Bay -   Panama
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA)
Destination airport:	Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO)

Narrative:
The C-46 cargo plane aircraft had left Havana, Cuba at 05:38 and was last in contact at 10:05 over San Blas islands. It was subsequently declared missing at 10:45.
Damaged beyond repair following a forced landing on a beach. There were five crew members, two passengers and a cargo of pigs on board the plane.

El Siglo de Torreon 5 November 1956, p.3
Diario de la marina 4 November 1956, p.1

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