Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 MAY 1960 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Operator: | Navegação Aérea Brasileira - NAB |
| Registration: | PP-NMD |
| C/n / msn: | 242 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Aguadilla-Ramey AFB (BQN) (Puerto Rico) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Delivery |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
| Aguadilla-Ramey AFB (BQN/TJBQ), Puerto Rico |
The Curtiss C-46 was on a delivery flight from Miami to Ramey AFB when it struck a small hill on approach.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Aguadilla-Ramey AFB as the crow flies is 1569 km (980 miles).
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Aguadilla-Ramey AFB as the crow flies is 1569 km (980 miles).
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.
