| Date: | Wednesday 26 January 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), lsf USAF |
| Registration: | NC1241N |
| MSN: | 22474 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Asmara International Airport (ASM) -
 Eritrea
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Asmara International Airport (ASM/HAAY) |
The gear had just been retracted on takeoff when the no. 2 engine lost power. The crew then attempted to return to the airport. Speed and altitude were low as the aircraft entered a stall, causing it to crash into a ditch.
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