July 2018 PIX: Curtiss C-46 Commando accident. Salmon Ella..

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July 2018 PIX: Curtiss C-46 Commando accident. Salmon Ella..

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...thankfully no casualties it seems, but under that tarpaulin some severe damage is hidden now... :(

https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20180716-0
Status: Preliminary
Date: Monday 16 July 2018
Type: Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Operator: Everts Air Cargo
Registration: N1822M
C/n / msn: 22521
First flight: 1945

A Curtiss C-46F cargo plane reportedly force landed at Manley Hot Springs Airport in Alaska, USA, following the loss of engine power on one of the two engines.
Photos have appeared online showing the C-46, named "Salmon Ella", just past the end of a runway with the nose section covered by a tarp. The nose section seems to have suffered severe impact damage.
The date of the occurrence is unclear, in any case between 7 and 17 July 2018.
...pictures thru
https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20180716-0
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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