Estado: | |
Fecha: | lunes 25 diciembre 1944 |
Hora: | 12:35 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registración: | 43-16151 |
Numéro de série: | 20617 |
Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 13 / Ocupantes: 13 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 17 / Ocupantes: 17 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 21 km (13.1 milles) SE of Quartzite, AZ ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Tucson Municipal Airport, AZ (TUS/KTUS), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA (PSP/KPSP), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:The Douglas C-47B transport plane departed El Paso, Texas on a flight to Tucson, Arizona and Palm Springs, California.
The aircraft departed Tucson at 10:48 hours MWT for the last leg. It entered instrument conditions while flying over mountainous terrain and collided with Black Mesa Mountain, 15 feet below the summit. All aboard died.
The wreckage was located on 28 December 1944.
Fuentes:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tucson Municipal Airport, AZ to Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA as the crow flies is 549 km (343 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.