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Typ: Curtiss Super 46C Commando
c/n: 26710
Tillverkad år 1943

Fd 42-3577 (USAAF C-46A-30-CU), Bu.39523 (USMC R5C-1), N4095A, N46X
Registrerad 1961-03-03 Transair Sweden AB, Malmö (lev 61-04-0./08 Miami-BMA)
1964-12-13 Utlånat till FN/Congo, anl. Leo 64-12-16, vit
Haveri 1966-03-06 Stanleyville, Congo, svårt skadad vid minuslandning
Avregistrerad 1966-07-21 Totalhaveri, sålt som skrot till Anstalt Wigmo, Leopoldville
Rapporterat fluget av Wigmo, haveri Congofloden? >Registrering 9T-PLJ?

SE-CFG enligt min DB. Obs! korrekta reg datum och att haveri skedde vid Bunia flygplats och inte Stanleyville (nuvarande Kisangani)

SE-CFG
Curtiss Super 46C Commando
C/n 26710
YoM 1943
Ex 42-3577 (USAAF C-46A-30-CU)>Bu39523 (USMC R5C-1)>N4095A>N46X (Canx 196103xx)
19610303 Res Transair Sweden AB, Stockholm (without c/n)
19610304 BofS L B Smith Aircraft Corp., Miami, FL/Transair AB, Stockholm
19610306 Ir Reg CofR #12/61 Transair Sweden AB, Malmö
19610502 CofA #1577/129
19610502 Reg CofR #1467 Transair Sweden AB, Malmö
19610411 Temp CofA until 0425
19621010 CofA lapsed until 1029
19640808 Incident, Amsterdam, propstrike after bouncing on landing
19641216 Leased to UN for ops in Congo
19650630 CofA lapsed until 0811
19650730 Tft 0801-15 ferry Venice–Malmö for maintenance
19660305 Accident, Bunia Airport,, Congo, during flare out and immediately prior to touch down, LH main landing gear impacted 30 cm high sand ridge followed by hard landing. As no visible damage was found, a/c was ferried to Stanleyville where it was discovered that the whole LH MLG had been displaced backwards ca 10 cm and that the shock had been transmitted to the rear part of the centre section by the rear landing gear drag struts and the rear landing gear drag links (TAT 11254) SE-CFG
19660630 CofA expired
19660721 Canx as Sold Congo (acc- to Leif Hellström, a/c made airworthy by Wigmo, Leopoldville, but soon thereafter crashed in River Congo. Reg?)

Source credits: Riksarkivet, ABN, Air Britain C-46 Commando monograph, John Davis (1978), Fredsflygarna (Leif Hellström) & Aviation Safety Network

SE-CFG i Dublin, foto Paddy Kilduff