Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 16 ABR 1944 |
| Hora: | 14:40 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registración: | 41-18621 |
| Numéro de série: | 4782 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 56 km (35 milles) W of Austin Municipal Airport, TX (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | Maniobras (MNV) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Austin-Bergstrom Field, TX (KAYS), Estados Unidos de América |
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The C-47 departed Bergstrom Field on an instrument training flight in the area. Some 20 minutes after takeoff the crew had descended to an altitude of 300 ft above hilltops. Friends of the pilot were fishing in a small stream in the area. The airplane banked 50 to 60 degrees to left. The left wing then contacted trees. Part of the wing was torn off and the crew lost control over their airplane. The C-47 crashed inverted.
Fuentes:
» 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.
