Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAR 1945 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77320 |
| C/n / msn: | 32716 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) SW of Slater, MO (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL), United States of America |
| Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL), United States of America |
The C-46 transport plane operated on a local instrument training flight out of Sedalia AAF. The airplane crashed following the consecutive failure of both wings. Investigators speculated that the wings failed in an overstress situation during a possible unusual attitude recovery.
Events:
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
Photos
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 Sedalia Army Air Field, MO to Sedalia Army Air Field, MO as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Sedalia Army Air Field, MO to Sedalia Army Air Field, MO as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN 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.
