Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
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| Datum: | 03 AUG 1944 |
| Zeit: | 20:30 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-30-DL |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 42-23652 |
| Werknummer: | 9514 |
| Baujahr: | 1943 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 24 / Insassen: 24 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 28 / Insassen: 28 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 5 km (3.1 Meilen) W of Naper, NE (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Bruning Army Air Base, NE, USA |
| Pierre AAB, SD (PIR/KPIR), USA |
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed when it broke up in flight near Naper, NB. All four crew members and 24 passengers were killed. The flight encoutered a wall of thunderstorms. The pilot lost control of the airplane, probably due to severe thunderstorm and/or a lightning strike.
Informationsquelle:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
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