Date:	Sunday 24 October 1948
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46 Commando
Owner/operator:	Transandina Ecuador
Registration:	HC-SIA
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Cozumel -   Mexico
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	New Orleans International Airport, LA (MSY/KMSY)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
An Ecuadorian cargo plane crashed in a lagoon near Cozumel, Mexico, killing all eight on board. The airplane carried a herd of cattle from New Orleans, U.S., to Quito, Ecuador. A refueling stop was planned in Belize. It crashed in a lagoon while attempting to land at an airfield near Cozumel.
The airplane involved in the accident was reported to be a C-46 registered HC-SIA. Fleet records suggest this airplane was msn 30465, which was sold to Wien Alaska as N4761C in July 1948 after supposedly having flown just three months as HC-SIA. Likely HC-SIA was a different msn.

El Siglo de Torreón 25-10-1948
El Tiempo 26 October 1948, p8

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