ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando F-BESN Bangui Airport (BGF)
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Date:Thursday 27 April 1961
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Operator:Air Cameroun
Registration: F-BESN
MSN: 22377
First flight: 1945
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Bangui Airport (BGF) (   Central African Republic)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Bangui Airport (BGF/FEFF), Central African Republic
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The C-46 transport plane, carrying 6 tons of meat, suffered a loss of engine power shortly after takeoff from Bangui. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in the forced landing.

Classification:
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» Du trimoteur au quadrijet: le transport aérien en Afrique noire francophone 1940-1961 / Vital Ferry, 2006


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Air Cameroun, F-BESN, Curtiss C.46F-1.CU Commando, cn 22377, Bangui, 04/1961 (via Jacques Guillem)

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