Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 DEC 1942 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53-DO |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-47379 |
| C/n / msn: | 7321 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Blythe AAB, CA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Blythe Airport, CA (BLH), United States of America |
| ? |
Crashed after takeoff with crewless glider plane.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
