Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 25 DEC 1944 |
| Tijd: | 04:27 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DL |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registratie: | 43-16151 |
| Constructienummer: | 20617 |
| Bouwjaar: | |
| Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 8 / inzittenden: 23 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 12 / inzittenden: 27 |
| Schade: | Vernield |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | 5 km (3.1 mijl) SW of Harrisburg-Municipal Airport, PA (HAR) (Verenigde Staten) |
| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Militair |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO/KFFO), Verenigde Staten |
| Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN (MSP/KMSP), Verenigde Staten |
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed when it flew into the side of a hill. All four crew members and eight of the 23 passengers were killed in the
accident.
The flight had left Patterson Field, OH at 22:21 on a flight to Minneapolis. Serious headwinds forced the crew to descend to a lower altitude than the 12.000 feet they had been cleared for. Then the airplane began to pick up ice. The crew decided to return to Patterson at 23:18. Weather at Patterson had deteriorated and the pilot was given an alternate of Harrisburg, PA. Weather at Harrisburg also deteriorated but the flight was cleared for a runway 12 straight in approach. After nine unsuccesful attempts to land the airplane was low on fuel. Ceiling continued to lower and the crew manoeuvred around the airport until the airplane struck 900-foot Reeser's Summit at an elevation of 700 feet.
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» 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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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH en Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN bedraagt 933 km (583 miles).
De afstand tussen Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH en Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN bedraagt 933 km (583 miles).
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.
