Commando 43-47270
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
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
1955 to December 1955 December 1955 to April 1956
43-47270 - UNIVERSAL TRADING CORPORATION (USA)
23 December 1955
Purchased.
Late 1961 to July 1962
N10415 - COLONIAL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
Late 1961
Returned from lease with Capitol Air.
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.
Last edited: 24/10/2022