Incident Curtiss C-46A Commando LV-GEB, Thursday 20 March 1958
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Date:Thursday 20 March 1958
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss C-46A Commando
Owner/operator:Austral Compañía de Transportes Aéreos
Registration: LV-GEB
MSN: 30325
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown, repaired
Location:Comodoro Rivadavia Airport, CH -   Argentina
Phase: Standing
Nature:
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Damaged by fire at Comodoro Rivadavia Airport.

Sources:

WIKIPEDIA
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando
Historias Individuales
https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/p/alfa-sociedad-mixta-aviacion-del.html
https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2010/05/lv-fsa-curtiss-c-46a-45-cu859-cn-30323.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

17 December 1969 LV-GEB Austral Lineas Aéreas 0 Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Airport, BA (AEP) w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Apr-2025 14:48 Gamietea Esteban Added
19-Apr-2025 14:49 ASN Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative, ]

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