Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 AUG 1944 |
| Time: | ca 01:00 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54A-1-DC |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72171 |
| C/n / msn: | 10276 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK), United Kingdom |
Crashed into a residential area while attempting to land at Prestwick (PIK) in poor visiblility.
Sources:
» 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.
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