ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334039
| Date: | Monday 30 March 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Riddle Airlines |
| Registration: | N7840B |
| MSN: | 30242 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Alma, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Orlando International Airport, FL (MCO/KMCO) |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An unguarded light bulb came into contact with combustible cargo in the aft lower cargo compartment causing a fire. The fire penetrated the cargo compartment wall, burned through combustible fluid carrying lines and ignited the fluids. The plane passed over Alma, GA at that moment and the crew reported that they were on fire and that they were experiencing control problems. Shortly afterwards the aircraft lost control and crashed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (112-113)
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