Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 NOV 1960 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | B-130 |
| C/n / msn: | 22379 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Plain of Jars (Laos) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Elevator control was lost, so the pilot carried out an emergency landing in the Plain of Jars.
Sources:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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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.
