Curtiss Wrt C-46F N5133B

3 February 1969 · Manaus, South America · No injuries

Summary

On 3 February 1969 at about 01:20 local time, a Curtiss Wrt C-46F registered N5133B, operated by Carolina Aircr, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Manaus, South America. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 February 1969 at 01:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Manaus, South America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtiss Wrt C-46F
Registration: N5133B
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Carolina Aircr
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Charter-Cargo-International
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Andres, Columbia → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 6-0074

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DITCHED IN RIVER LOW ON FUEL.ACFT SANK.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BRAZIL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0074, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

South America 38 Curtiss-Wrt C-46F 17 1969 5,082

Other Curtiss Wrt C-46F accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Dec 1969	Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N67938	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	RMR Aircraft	No injuries	-
2 Apr 1969	Curtiss Wrt C-46F N3914	Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Roberts Realty	Fatal	2
23 May 1969	Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N1247N	Barcelona, South America no coordinates	Kimex, Inc.	Fatal	1
10 May 1971	Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N446M	Houston, Texas, United States no coordinates	Guinn Flying S	No injuries	-
13 Sep 1967	Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N1309V	Kingston, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Colonial Corpo	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1966	Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N617Z	St.louis Mo, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Zantop Air Transport	No injuries	-

All 17 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Dec 1968	Boeing 707 N494PA	Caracas, South America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	51
23 Apr 1968	Douglas DC-8 N1804	Quito, South America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
13 Aug 1970	Boeing 707 N886PA	Durazno, South America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
7 Jun 1970	Lockheed 1049G N8021	La Rioja, South America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Nov 1968	Boeing 707 N428PA	Cachimbo, South America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
19 Nov 1967	Cessna 182 N5506B	Apartado, South America no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

All 38 records in South America