Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 SEP 1943 |
| Time: | 23:27 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO Skytrooper |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-68841 |
| C/n / msn: | 11768 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) S of Sedalia, MO (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The C-53 broke up when encoutering an area of severe winds at 6000 ft altitude.
Events:
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
Photos
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.
