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A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed when it collided with a hill in instrument weather conditions, killing all four aboard. The flight had left Chicago-Municipal Airport on a cargo flight to Minneapolis. En route the airplane encountered icing conditions. The crew could not maintain height and descended to 2000 feet. A decision was made to return to Chicago. It flew into terrain at an elevation of 1716 feet.
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| Date: | samedi 25 novembre 1944 |
| Heure: | 23:50 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Immatriculation: | 43-16407 |
| Numéro de série: | 20873 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 3 km (1.9 milles) WNW of Blue Mounds, WI ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Élévation des lieux de l'accident: | 523 m (1716 feet) amsl |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN (MSP/KMSP), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed when it collided with a hill in instrument weather conditions, killing all four aboard. The flight had left Chicago-Municipal Airport on a cargo flight to Minneapolis. En route the airplane encountered icing conditions. The crew could not maintain height and descended to 2000 feet. A decision was made to return to Chicago. It flew into terrain at an elevation of 1716 feet.
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. MirelesPhotos
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 Chicago Municipal Airport, IL et Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN est de 556 km (348 miles).
La distance entre Chicago Municipal Airport, IL et Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN est de 556 km (348 miles).
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