| Date: | Saturday 26 March 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Freight Air, lsf United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | NC1664M |
| MSN: | 22549 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Campeche -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
Solid overcast near Guatemala City forced the crew to circle the city. Attempts to contact the ground were unsuccessful, so it was decided to return to Belize. The crew became lost on their way to Belize and had to ditch the aircraft off Campeche after running out fuel.
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