Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:45 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Northwest Orient Airlines |
Registration: | 41-12356 |
MSN: | 26483 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near McCloud, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) |
Destination airport: | Seattle (unknown airport), WA |
Narrative:After takeoff from McClellan, engine power was reduced to 35 inches of manifold pressure at 2300 rpm. It circled the field , climbing to the cruising altitude of 16.500 feet. Then the no. 2 engine failed. Attempts were made to restart the engine, but all attempts failed. By then the left engine also failed. One crew member bailed out safely before the plane crashed.
Sources:
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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