| Date: | Wednesday 4 May 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Continental Charters |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saint Thomas Airport (STT) -
 U.S. Virgin Islands
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Saint Thomas Airport (STT/TIST) |
Takeoff was attempted with a 21 mph tailwind. At about 800 feet into the takeoff the aircraft swerved to the left and ran off the side of the runway. The left wing struck a hangar and the right wing struck a movie screen.
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