ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341325
| Date: | Thursday 1 October 1942 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-39 (DC-2) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 38-524 |
| MSN: | 2081 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km NW of Coamo -
 Puerto Rico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Juana Díaz-Losey AAF |
| San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG/TJIG) |
Slammed into a hill at high speed, about 60 m below the crest (~18.1749N 67.3875W) ,with engines running roughly. The throttles were found jammed in the closed position. Pilot Francis H. Durant.
PROBABLE CAUSE: attempted emergency landing in a small valley...unknown malfunction...low overcast...top of the hills in clouds.
Sources:
Military Aviation Disasters/David Gero, p21/22
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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