Crash of a Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando in San Pedro Sula: 5 killed
Date & Time:
May 21, 1962
Registration:
HR-196P
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
San Pedro Sula – Tegucigalpa
MSN:
30533
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames in a residential area. Both pilots and three people on the ground were killed. Several building and the aircraft were destroyed.
