Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 SEP 1943 |
| Time: | 03:20 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23359 |
| C/n / msn: | 9221 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5,6 km (3.5 mls) NE of Caddo Gap, AR (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grenada AAF, MS |
| Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA), United States of America |
The pilot became lost during a navigation mission over mountainous terrain with severe thunderstorms in the area. As the pilot attempted to climb to a safe altitude, the airplane struck rising terrain of 1900-foot Strong Mountain.
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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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.
