Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 16 JAN 1945 |
| Zeit: | 11:00 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 42-93191 |
| Werknummer: | 13075 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 3 km (1.9 Meilen) W of Brownfield, GA (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, IL (HSB), USA |
| Atlanta-Fulton County Airport, GA (FTY/KFTY), USA |
A Douglas C-47 was destroyed when it struck terrain and burned near Brownfield, IL. All four crew members were killed. The airplane had departed Malden AAB on a low-altitude navigation flight to Harrisburg, IL and Fulton, IL. The airplane struck a house during a presumed emergency landing.
Informationsquelle:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» 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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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.
