Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 MAY 1949 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F Commando |
| Operator: | Continental Charters |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Saint Thomas Airport (STT) (U.S. Virgin Islands) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Saint Thomas Airport (STT/TIST), U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Takeoff was attempted with a 21 mph tailwind. At about 800 feet into the takeoff the aircraft swerved to the left and ran off the side of the runway. The left wing struck a hangar and the right wing struck a movie screen.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
