Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 02 AGO 1943 |
| Hora: | 12:40 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL |
| Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registración: | 42-23957 |
| Numéro de série: | 9819 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 0,8 km (0.5 milles) W of Rock Falls, IA (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Fort Wayne Municipal Airport/Baer Field, IN (FWA/KFWA), Estados Unidos de América |
| San Rafael-Hamilton Field, CA (SRF), Estados Unidos de América |
En route to Hamilton Field the C-47 ran into a severe thunderstorm. Turbulence caused the pilot to lose control of the airplane. He attempted to pull up but this caused too much stress on the airplane. The left wingtip buckled. The entire wing then folded back along the fuselage. It struck the horizontal stabilizer and tore it off as it separated from the fuselage. The C-47 entered a spin and crashed in flames.
It appeared that the airplane was overloaded by 2126 pounds.
Fuentes:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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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.
