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| Date: | Sunday 23 July 1950 |
| Time: | 10:22 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-77577 |
| MSN: | 32973 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km W of Myrtle Beach, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Myrtle Beach AFB, SC (MYR/KMYR) |
| Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA) |
The left aileron detached after takeoff. The aircraft lost control at an altitude of about 1000-2000 feet. Both wings failed and the airplane crashed.
Investigation revealed that the centre section of the left aileron had torn loose, causing the entire aileron to separate.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1950-07-24/ed-1/seq-4/ (Evening star, July 24, 1950)
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