Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, Apr 15, 1951, Rio de Janeiro...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on April 15, 1951 near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with no fatalities.
- Date: April 15, 1951
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
The Commando made a second approach to Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro after abandoning the first. It landed on a wet runway with a tailwind, could not stop in the remaining distance and ran into Guanabara Bay. All 38 occupants were rescued, but the aircraft was lost.