Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 7 December 1960
Aircraft Type: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
Owner/operator: REAL Transportes Areos
Registration Number: PP-AKF
Location: Cachimbo, PA –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Component Affected: The aircraft’s starboard engine.The aircraft’s starboard engine.
Category: Accident
A flight to Manaus was marred by a catastrophic engine failure, resulting in loss of altitude, cargo jettisoning, and subsequent crash and fire.A flight to Manaus was marred by a catastrophic engine failure, resulting in loss of altitude, cargo jettisoning, and subsequent crash and fire.
Description
The no. 2 engine failed during a flight to Manaus. Altitude was lost and the pilot jettisoned some of the cargo, but the aircraft continued to lose height, crashed and caught fire. PROBABLE CAUSE: “For an unknown reason the starboard engine failed and the propeller feathered.”
Primary Cause
Probable cause: The starboard engine failed and the propeller feathered.Probable cause: The starboard engine failed and the propeller feathered.Share on:
