Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 02 JUI 1944 |
| Hora: | 21:10 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-47A-65-DL |
| Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registración: | 42-100492 |
| Numéro de série: | 18955 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 1,6 km (1 milles) E of Syracuse Municipal Airport, NY (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR), Estados Unidos de América |
| Wheeler-Sack AAF, NY (KGTB), Estados Unidos de América |
The C-47 departed Syracuse AAF for a training flight to Sack Field where it was to practice takeoffs and landings. Instead the plane flew to the Syracuse Municipal Airport. After three or four touch-and-go landings on runway 27, the pilot flew a steep left turn from base leg to final approach. It fell off on a wing, contacted trees and powerlines and crashed into flames.
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 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 Syracuse AAF, NY to Wheeler-Sack AAF, NY as the crow flies is 109 km (68 miles).
Distance from Syracuse AAF, NY to Wheeler-Sack AAF, NY as the crow flies is 109 km (68 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.
