Have you seen this, Scott?
Blurry, but the registration sure looks like CP-767, ex 44-83859, which per Final Cut was w/o at Santa Ana, Bolivia on 4-13-67.
(BTW - there are two Santa Anas in Bolivia; Santa Ana de Velasco and Santa Ana del Yacuma; which is it?)
Note it doesn't look like a violent crash; engines are lined up neatly and the props aren't all bent up.
Found it at the end of this YouTube video about a C-46 crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHLuyYFdwOw
Chris Brame wrote:Have you seen this, Scott?
Blurry, but the registration sure looks like CP-767, ex 44-83859, which per Final Cut was w/o at Santa Ana, Bolivia on 4-13-67.
(BTW - there are two Santa Anas in Bolivia; Santa Ana de Velasco and Santa Ana del Yacuma; which is it?)
Note it doesn't look like a violent crash; engines are lined up neatly and the props aren't all bent up.
Found it at the end of this YouTube video about a C-46 crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHLuyYFdwOw
by looking at only this photo....it looks very similar to the post-landing, post-fire pics of the Liberty Belle. It's plausible that a small fire became a big fire in a remote area when it couldn't be extinguished.
Definitely looks like that. More of Liberty Belle is intact because 1) the fire appeared in the trailing edge of the wing, 2) the wind directed the flames aft, and 3) as the fire progressed, the fuselage behind the rear spar burned and the wing tilted forward, burying the props in the ground.
In this picture, it looks like fire consumed the nacelles, leaving just the engine and stainless pieces. Looks like it was intact, then consumed by fire on the ground.
