Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 15 JUN 1944 |
| Zeit: | 03:50 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK Skytrain |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 42-93192 |
| Werknummer: | 13076 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 11 km (6.9 Meilen) NW of North Vernon, IN (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Louisville-Bowman Field, KY (LOU/KLOU), USA |
| Louisville-Bowman Field, KY (LOU/KLOU), USA |
The C-47 took off from Bowman Field on a local training flight. During a let down through overcast the nr.2 engine lost power. The engine then caught fire and the airplane crashed in a descending right turn.
Informationsquelle:
» 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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Distance from Louisville-Bowman Field, KY to Louisville-Bowman Field, KY as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Louisville-Bowman Field, KY to Louisville-Bowman Field, KY as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
