Commando 43-47270

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47270

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 341

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK318

FATE: Written off

  March 1945 to April 1946

  43-47270 - USAAF (USA)

31 March 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

18 April 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to 1955

  43-47270 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

10 April 1946

Purchased.

  1955 to December 1955

  43-47270 - BANWARI LAL & CO. (INDIA)

1955

Purchased.

  December 1955 to April 1956

  43-47270 - UNIVERSAL TRADING CORPORATION (USA)

23 December 1955

Purchased.

  April 1956 to January 1960

  N10415 - AAXICO (USA)

21 April 1956

Purchased.

31 May 1956

Registered.

  January 1960

  N10415 - CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL (USA)

21 January 1960

Purchased.

  January 1960 to July 1960

  N10415 - COLONIAL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)

29 January 1960

Purchased.

  July 1960 to late 1961

  N10415 - CAPITOL AIR (USA)

July 1960

Leased from Colonial Aircraft Corp.

  Late 1961 to July 1962

  N10415 - COLONIAL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)

Late 1961

Returned from lease with Capitol Air.

  July 1962 to February 1963

  N10415 - PUERTO RICAN AMERICAN IMPORT INC. (USA)

6 July 1962

Purchased.

  February 1963 to July 1964

  N10415 - AAXICO (USA)

14 February 1963

Purchased.

Operated on domestic US Department of Defense contracts (Logair).

1 January 1964

Damaged in a landing gear collapse at Hill AFB, UT.

The right main gear failed due to fatigue.

  July 1964 to June 1966

  N10415 - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT (USA)

19 July 1964

Leased from AAXICO.

16 June 1966

Destroyed in a midair collision 10 km northwest of Columbia City, IN (2/2+1 fatalities). [NTSB Report]

The Commando was operating a VFR cargo flight between Detroit, MI and Kansas City, MO with two crewmembers onboard. It collided in midair with private Piper Aztec N5628Y. After the collision, both aircraft went out of control, dove to the ground and crashed in an open field. The two Commando pilot and the Aztec pilot were killed.

21 June 1966

Purchased by Zantop as part of insurance formalities.