Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, Jan 22, 1962 (6 killed), Car...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on January 22, 1962 near Caranavi La Paz, Bolivia with 6 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error: the takeoff was not abandoned...
- Date: January 22, 1962
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Caranavi La Paz, Bolivia
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot error: the takeoff was not abandoned after the right wing tip struck a wall and broke off, and the aircraft then struck a tree.
A Corporacion Boliviana de Fomento Curtiss C 46 on a cargo flight crashed on takeoff near Caranavi, Bolivia, on 22 January 1962. The right wing tip struck a wall and broke off, and the aircraft then struck a tree and crashed. All six occupants, four crew and two passengers, were killed.