Belize City – Tegucigalpa

On January 6, 1962 at 12:00 AM, Belize City – Tegucigalpa experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by TAN Airlines - Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Honduras, with the event recorded near Belize City-Philip S. W. Goldson Belize.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Belize City-Philip S. W. Goldson Airport, while climbing, the left engine failed. The airplane banked left, stalled and crashed in a dense wooded area located near the airfield. A crew member was killed while the second pilot was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. It was determined that at the time of the accident, the total weight of the aircraft was 500 pound over the MTOW, which probably contributed to the engine failure.

Aircraft reference details include registration HR-TNB, MSN 435, year of manufacture 1945.