Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, Dec 8, 1950, Rio de Janeiro-...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on December 8, 1950 near Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: The cause was engine...
- Date: December 8, 1950
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The cause was engine failure.
A Curtiss C 46 Commando lost an engine shortly after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro Galeao on 8 December 1950 while climbing. It stalled and crashed into Guanabara Bay. No one was injured, and the aircraft was written off.