- Date
- February 3, 1969
- Place
- Manaus, Brazil · MANAUS, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5133BCurtiss WRT C-46F
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191298
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0074 69/2/3 NR.MANAUS,BRAZIL CURTISS WRT C-46F CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0120 N5133B PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-I 52, 6362 TOTAL HOURS, 612 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANDRES,COLUMBIA MANAUS,BRAZIL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- DITCHED IN RIVER LOW ON FUEL.ACFT SANK.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BRAZIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5133B
- Reported as
- Curtiss WRT C-46F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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