Aircraft Photo of N4860V | Curtiss C-46A Commando | Fairbanks Air | AirHistory.net #694259
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N4860V
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46A Commando
C/n (msn):30240
Operator Titles:Fairbanks Air / Interior Airways
Location
City / Airport:Fairbanks - InternationalMap
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: PAFA   IATA: FAI   Local: FAI   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1990
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 694259
Photo Comment

In storage with Everts Air Fuel at Fairbanks, AK. Carries fading Interior Airways colours with Fairbanks Air Service titles. Taken on charge by the USAAF in 1944 as 42-96578. Became N4860V with Flying Tiger Line in 1952. Joined Interior Airways in 1956. Transferred to Fairbanks Air Service in 1972. Written off in 1975, landing short of the runway at Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse Airport, AK. Acquired by Clifford R. Everts in 1976 as a source of spares. Aft fuselage used by Buffalo Airways to repair taxi accident damage to C-FAVO occurred in 2004.

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