Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, Sep 8, 1950, Rio de Janeiro-...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on September 8, 1950 near Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Hydraulic system failure.
- Date: September 8, 1950
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Hydraulic system failure
A Curtiss C-46A Commando of Transportes Aereos Bandeirantes, PP-LDB, flying from Vitoria to Rio de Janeiro, was lost on 8 September 1950 after a landing gear problem. Sources differ on how the flight ended, with one account describing a ditching in Guanabara Bay followed by a crash on a hill and another describing a crash into the bay.