Commando 43-47224
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47224
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 295
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK272
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
March 1945 to April 1946
43-47224 - USAAF (USA)
8 March 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
13 March 1945
Departed the USA for Accra, Gold Coast.
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
April 1946 to 1956 1956
N3942A - ASSOCIATED AIR TRANSPORT (USA)
1956
Purchased.
28 June 1956
Ferried from India to the USA via Belem, Brazil.
September 1956
N3942A - AMERICAN AIRMOTIVE CORPORATION (USA)
11 September 1956
Purchased.
3 October 1956
Registration cancelled, exported to Brazil.
September 1956 to December 1960
PP-AKF - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONAL) (BRAZIL)
September 1956
Purchased.
25 September 1956
Delivered to Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil.
17 August 1959
Registered.
7 December 1960
Damaged beyond repair near Cachimbo, Brazil after an engine failure in cruise (15/15 fatalities).
The Commando was operating a charter flight between Cuiaba and Manaus, Brazil with 2 pilots and 13 passengers onboard. During cruise, the right engine failed for unknown reasons and the propeller feathered. As the aircraft started loosing altitude, the crew started jettisoning cargo. However, descent continued and the Commando crashed in the forest near Cachimbo, Brazil. A search party reached the wreckage a few hours later, but all occupants were found dead.
Last edited: 18/05/2022