Estado: | |
Fecha: | lunes 25 diciembre 1944 |
Hora: | 04:27 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-47A-5-DL (DC-3) |
Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registración: | 42-23360 |
Numéro de série: | 9222 |
Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 23 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 12 / Ocupantes: 27 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 5 km (3.1 milles) SW of Harrisburg, PA (HAR) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO/KFFO), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN (MSP/KMSP), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción: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 unsuccessful 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.
Fuentes:
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findagrave.com» 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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accident date:
25-12-1944type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: 42-23360
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 Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH to Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN as the crow flies is 933 km (583 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.