Commando 42-96701
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96701
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30363
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU899
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1944 to November 1945
42-96701 - USAAF (USA)
7 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to Reno AAF, NV, probably with the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU).
November 1945 to 1947
42-96701 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
8 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
1949 to April 1950 April 1950 to June 1950
N1830M - AAXICO (USA)
April 1950
Returned from lease with Transaire de Cuba.
June 1950 to September 1958
HK-514 - SAM (SOCIEDAD AERONAUTICA DE MEDELLIN) (COLOMBIA)
June 1950
Purchased.
16 September 1958
Damaged beyond repair in Medellin, Colombia in an emergency landing following an engine failure (0/2 fatalities).
The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Medellin and Bogota. Shortly after taking off from Medellín runway 02, while in the initial climb, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The crew attempted an emergency landing in a wasteland where the airplane crash landed. Both crew members were uninjured while the Commando was damaged beyond repair.
Last edited: 16/03/2020