Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 10 December 1946
Aircraft Type: Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 44-78604
Location: 8 km SW of Osaka-Itami Air Base (ITM) –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 23
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (specifically, airspeed indicator and control surfaces).Aircraft control system (specifically, airspeed indicator and control surfaces).
Category: Accident
Two minutes after take-off, two aircraft experienced a significant loss of altitude and subsequently crashed.Two minutes after take-off, two aircraft experienced a significant loss of altitude and subsequently crashed.
Description
Crashed two minutes after take-off.
Source of Information
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fJggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4748%2C6522922http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fJggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4748%2C6522922Primary Cause
Loss of control due to a sudden and unexpected change in airspeed.Loss of control due to a sudden and unexpected change in airspeed.Share on:
