| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Pan Am, lsf United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | N74170 |
| MSN: | 22477 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Merida -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The no. 2 propeller separated in-flight, cutting through the bottom of the fuselage and contacting the no. 1 prop. A wheels-up landing was carried out near Merida. It appeared the prop had failed following a master rod bearing failure and shaft failure of the no. 2 engine.
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