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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss R5C-1 Commando (C-46) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 39566 |
| MSN: | 30539 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cherry Point MCAS, NC (KNKT) |
| Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK/KTIK) |
The USMC Curtiss Commando departed Cherry Point MCAS, NC (NK) on a flight to Moffett Field NAS, CA (NUQ) with an enroute stop at Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK). The airplane carried a high-priority cargo of explosives.
Both engines of the plane lost power during a Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) to Tinker AFB. The Curtiss belly landed short of the airport. During the forced landing the no. 1 engine was torn off. A fire erupted, setting off the explosives in the cargo hold.
Sources:
Explosive-laden plane blown up after landing (Lima News, 1950-08-05)
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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