Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, Dec 10, 1946 (24 killed), Os...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on December 10, 1946 near Osaka-Itami Kansai, Japan with 24 fatalities. Cause: Left engine not running at impact, reason...
- Date: December 10, 1946
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Osaka-Itami Kansai, Japan
- Fatalities: 24
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Left engine not running at impact, reason undetermined
A USAAF Curtiss C 46 Commando on a mail flight from Tachikawa to Fukuoka with a stop at Osaka Itami crashed into a paddy field shortly after takeoff from runway 32. All 24 people on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed.