ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333673
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 December 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Owner/operator: | REAL Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-AKF |
| MSN: | 295 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cachimbo, PA -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Cuiabá-Marechal Rondon International Airport, MT (CGB/SBCY) |
| Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN) |
The no. 2 engine failed during a flight to Manaus. Altitude was lost and the pilot jettisoned some of the cargo, but the aircraft continued to lose height, crashed and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "For an unknown reason the starboard engine failed and the propeller feathered."
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