Commando 43-47176

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

  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.

  February 1952 to March 1952

  N3954C - NATIONAL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)

February 1952

Purchased.

  March 1952 to 1953

  N3954C - RESORT AIRLINES (USA)

March 1952

Purchased.

  1953 to 1954

  N3954C - HOWARD J. KORTH (USA)

1953

Purchased by Howard J. Korth, founder of AAXICO.

  1954

  N3954C - MADDEN & PLAYFORD AIRCRAFT (USA)

1954

Purchased.

  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

  CC-CNB - TRANSA CHILE (CHILE)

1955

Leased from Madden & Playford.

  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.