Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 07 FEB 1944 |
| Zeit: | 20:30 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 42-23795 |
| Werknummer: | 9657 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Parkton, NC (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Manövrieren (MNV) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Hoffman-Mackall AAF, NC (HFF), USA |
| Hoffman-Mackall AAF, NC (HFF), USA |
The C-47A was on a local flight out of Camp Mackall. It was manoeuvering at an altitude of 6000 feet when it stalled in an inverted attitude. Witnesses say the plane was doing a loop at the time.
The crew attemted to recover, but overstressed the fuselage in doing so. The airplane broke up in midair.
Informationsquelle:
» 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.
