ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336473
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Date: | Wednesday 26 January 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | NC1241N |
MSN: | 22474 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Asmara International Airport (ASM) -
Eritrea
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Asmara International Airport (ASM/HAAY) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The gear had just been retracted on takeoff when the no. 2 engine lost power. The crew then attempted to return to the airport. Speed and altitude were low as the aircraft entered a stall, causing it to crash into a ditch.
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