ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325178
| Date: | Monday 13 September 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Frigorifico Santa Rita |
| Registration: | CP-1848 |
| MSN: | 26999 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Angora -
 Bolivia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San Borja Airport (SRJ/SLSB) |
| Josuiani | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On climbout the no. 1 engine backfired and caught fire. The prop was feathered and unsuccessful attempts were made to extinguish the fire. The aircraft emergency landed and was destroyed by fire.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/98 (#28)
Scramble 176
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC); November 1980
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