Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 25 DEC 1944 |
| Heure: | 04:27 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-47A-5-DL |
| Compagnie: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Immatriculation: | 42-23360 |
| Numéro de série: | 9222 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1943 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 8 / à bord: 23 |
| Total: | victimes: 12 / à bord: 27 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 5 km (3.1 milles) SW of Harrisburg, PA (HAR) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO/KFFO), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN (MSP/KMSP), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
A Douglas C-47 transport plane departed Patterson Field at 22:21 on December 24, 1944. It was cleared to fly at 12.000 feet to its destination Minneapolis.
En route the plane encountered subsantial headwinds of 54 mph. The pilot decided to return to Patterson Field at 23:18. Weather had deteriorated and the pilot was not able to land. He continued to Harrisburg, the alternate. Harrisburg reported a 2500 ft ceiling and good visibility. However, weather deteriorated at Harrisburg as well. After five unsuccesful attempts to land, the pilot reported he was low on fuel. The airplane manoeuvred around the airfield until it flew into 900 foot Reesers Summit. It broke up and a fire erupted.
Sources:
» 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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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH et Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN est de 933 km (583 miles).
La distance entre Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH et Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN est de 933 km (583 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
