Westover - Westover

On July 10, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Westover - Westover experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by United States Marine Corps, with the event recorded near Palmer Massachusetts.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Enroute, an engine caught fire. The crew tried to extinguish the fire, without success. Due to the situation, all seven occupants decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in flames in a field. All seven crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was destroyed. It was confirmed that the fire spread from the engine to the wing that detached shortly later, causing the aircraft to crash.

Aircraft reference details include registration 39585, MSN 80, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.1574°, -72.3300°.