Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 FEB 1944 |
| Type: | Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 05057 |
| C/n / msn: | 4657 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Location: | near Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ/KNZJ), United States of America |
| ? |
Crashed after takeoff from MCAS El Toro, CA.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
