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    Airframe Family: Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Latest Model:C-46F Commando
    Last Military Serial:44-78655 USAAF
    Construction Number:22478
    Last Civil Registration:HK-2716
    Compressed ID:Curtiss C-46F sn 44-78655 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lineas Aereas Suramericanas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-46F.

    July 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-78655.

    3 October 1949

    To United Export Company with new c/r N1688M {1} (C-46F, 22478).

    From 23 July 1953 to March 1954

    Leased to Caribbean American Airlines.

    From 8 August 1955 to 1963

    To Aaxico Airlines keeping c/r N1688M {1}.

    From July 1960 to December 1961

    Leased to Capitol Airways.

    5 March 1963

    To Aerovias Panaven SA with new c/r HP-317.

    4 November 1965

    To Amazon Export Inc with new c/r N1688M {1}.

    1967

    To LACSA with new c/r TI-1094C.

    1969

    To Aeroservicios Puntarenas keeping c/r TI-1094C.

    20 December 1978

    To C-46 Parts Inc with new c/r N1688M {1}.

    27 March 1979

    To Lucia Gonzalez keeping c/r N1688M {1}.

    19 April 1979

    Involved in an incident.
    Seized by the Desoto County Sheriff.

    June 1980


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Miami International

    October 1981

    To Aeronorte Colombia with new c/r HK-2716.

    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Tocumen International Airport in Panama

    By 11 December 1991

    To Lineas Aereas Suramericanas keeping c/r HK-2716.

    11 December 1991

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were eight fatalities. The ferrying/positioning flight departed Rionegro/Medellin-Jose Maria Cordova Airport (MDE/SKRG), Colombia and was destined for Bogota-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia. The accident occurred at ca 20 km N of Bogota-Eldorado Airport (BOG) (Colombia) while en route. Narrative: A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport plane was destroyed in an accident near Bogota-Eldorado Airport (BOG), Colombia. All eight aboard were killed. The airplane, HK-2716, had been involved in a gear collapsed incident at Rionegro/Medellin-Jose Maria Cordova Airport (MDE) on September 23, 1991...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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