Date: | Friday 5 October 1945 |
Time: | 01:15 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-5190 |
MSN: | 26392 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 16 km N of Uplands, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA (SBD/KSBD) |
Destination airport: | Reno AAB, NV |
Narrative:The C-46 hit the west peak of 10,064' Mt. Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains. Part of the wreck including the outer right wing section is located on the south slope of the mountain. The flight had departed San Bernardino AAF at 01:00 on an instrument flight to Reno.
Sources:
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 6-10-1945
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) Nevada State Journal 6-10-1945
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
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