# NTSB UNK66X0106: Curtis C-46, N75296, Pouso Aleg, Brazil, October 29, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 29, 1965
- Place: Pouso Aleg, Brazil · POUSO ALEG, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK66X0106
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK66X0106

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0080  65/10/29   POUSO ALEG BRAZIL   CURTIS C-46         CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
        TIME - 1850                    N75296              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - POUSO ALEGRE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: ROLL
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N75296](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75296-2018-07-19), registration cancelled 2018-07-19, S/N 32699, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS C-46
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright C-46A](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46a) (registry code 2622602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pouso Alegre

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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