Commando 43-47176
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47176
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 248 [swapped mistakenly with 247, which received serial number 43-47177]
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK225
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
February 1945 to November 1945
43-47176 - USAAF (USA)
7 February 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.
Remained within the continental USA.
November 1945 to 1946
43-47176 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
6 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
1946 to 1948
C-61 - LATCO (LINEAS AEREAS TRANSATLANTICAS COLOMBIANAS) (COLOMBIA)
1946
Purchased from RFC.
1948 to February 1952
HK-61 - LATCO (LINEAS AEREAS TRANSATLANTICAS COLOMBIANAS) (COLOMBIA)
1948
Reregistered.
1954 to 1957
HC-ABR - ANDES (AEROLINEAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR SA) (ECUADOR)
1954
Leased from Madden & Playford. [TBC, as the airline is quoted as "ANDA", and not identified. ANDES was officially founded in 1961]
1955 to 1957 1957 to June 1960
N3954C - MADDEN & PLAYFORD AIRCRAFT (USA)
1957
Returned from lease contract with Transa Chile.
26 December 1957
Registered.
1 July 1959
Registration cancelled, exported to Costa Rica. [or Honduras?]
June 1960 to February 1961
XH-SAL - SAHSA (SERVICIOS AEREOS DE HONDURAS SA) (HONDURAS)
16 June 1960
Purchased.
February 1961 to June 1962
HR-SAL - SAHSA (SERVICIOS AEREOS DE HONDURAS SA) (HONDURAS)
February 1961
Reregistered.
7 June 1962
Damaged beyond repair at Tegucigalpa Toncontin, Honduras in a landing accident (0/2 fatalities).
The Commando was operating a cargo flight between San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, Honduras with two crewmembers onboard. The left main gear collapsed during landing. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while the two pilots received minor injuries.
Last edited: 03/05/2021