Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 JUL 1944 |
| Time: | 22:35 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15767 |
| C/n / msn: | 20233 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,6 km (1 mls) off Constatia, NY (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR), United States of America |
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The airplane took off from Syracuse AAF at 20:39 on a routine training flight. Without clearance or permission the pilot flew to Niagara Falls. It circled the area and headed for Lake Oneida. The C-47 descend over the lake and contacted the surface. The airplane broke up and came to rest in 10 feet of water.
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Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
