Estado: | |
Fecha: | martes 16 enero 1945 |
Hora: | 11:00 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registración: | 42-93191 |
Numéro de série: | 13075 |
Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 3 km (1.9 milles) W of Brownfield, IL ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, IL (HSB/KHSB), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Atlanta-Fulton County Airport, GA (FTY/KFTY), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción: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.
Fuentes:
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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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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 Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, IL to Atlanta-Fulton County Airport, GA as the crow flies is 573 km (358 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.