Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 27 NOV 1943 |
| Hora: | 02:00 |
| Tipo: | Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registración: | 42-56049 |
| Numéro de série: | 18-2542 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 13 km (8.1 milles) S of Sabinal, TX (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Cleveland (unknown airport), OH, Estados Unidos de América |
| Hondo AAF, TX (HDO/KHDO), Estados Unidos de América |
The Lockheed C-60 was on a navigator-training mission out of Hondo AAF. Arriving back near Hondo, the weather had deteriorated with a ceiling of 900-1000 feet. The pilot was not able to contact Hondo and continued to San Antonio instead. There he requested a radio-compass let down for Hondo.
During the flight to Hondo the C-60 crashed in a near-vertical attitude.
Fuentes:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
» 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.
