| Date: | Saturday 10 July 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Expreso Aéreo Interamericano |
| Registration: | CU-P198 |
| MSN: | 33534 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Maiquetia-La Gloria -
 Venezuela
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Havana-Rancho Boyeros Airport (HAV/MUHA) |
| Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI) |
Both engines flamed out due to fuel starvation. The Curtiss C-46 ditched and sank short of the runway.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 11 July 1948, p3
Noticias de Hoy - July 11, 1948
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