Détails:
The C-54A transport plane was not able to land at the destination of RAF St. Mawgan due to poor weather and an inoperative radio compass.
The pilot decided to divert to RAF Exeter. Then the navigator and checkpilot realised they had used the wrong barometric pressure setting for the altimeter, causing the airplane to be too low. The airplane then impacted a hillside and caught fire.
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | mercredi 18 octobre 1944 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) |
| Compagnie: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Immatriculation: | 42-72249 |
| Numéro de série: | 10354 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 7 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 9 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Langstone Downs, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall ( Royaume Uni)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
| Newquay-St Mawgan RAF Station (NQY/EGDG), Royaume Uni |
The C-54A transport plane was not able to land at the destination of RAF St. Mawgan due to poor weather and an inoperative radio compass.
The pilot decided to divert to RAF Exeter. Then the navigator and checkpilot realised they had used the wrong barometric pressure setting for the altimeter, causing the airplane to be too low. The airplane then impacted a hillside and caught fire.
Sources:
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores et Newquay-St Mawgan RAF Station est de 2150 km (1344 miles).
La distance entre Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores et Newquay-St Mawgan RAF Station est de 2150 km (1344 miles).
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