Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JAN 1944 |
| Time: | 06:13 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-60-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-30682 |
| C/n / msn: | 13833 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Oakland, CA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oakland Municipal Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK), United States of America |
| Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA), United States of America |
The C-47 took off from runway 27 at the Oakland Municipal Airport. Shortly after takeoff the nr.1 engine failed due to a fuel vapour lock condition. The pilot feathered the prop and attempted to return to the airport. During a right hand turn the airplane continued to loose altitude. It stalled at low altitude and crashed into a house at 2010 38th Street.
Sources:
» 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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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Oakland Municipal Airport, CA to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA as the crow flies is 1074 km (672 miles).
Distance from Oakland Municipal Airport, CA to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA as the crow flies is 1074 km (672 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.
