Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 SEP 1943 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18566 |
| C/n / msn: | 4691 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 18 km (11.3 mls) SW of Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA (LSF) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA (LSF/KLSF), United States of America |
| Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA (LSF/KLSF), United States of America |
While at an altitude of 5000 feet, the nr.1 propeller assembly failed and separated. The vibration caused the entire engine to shake itself free. After separation of the engine, structure of the wing was weakened to such an extent that it also separated. The airplane went into a spin and broke up in flames.
Events:
Sources:
» 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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Distance from Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA to Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA to Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
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.
