Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAR 1945 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-47184 |
| C/n / msn: | 255 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| 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: | 8 km (5 mls) N of Slater, MO (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL), United States of America |
| Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL), United States of America |
Crashed and burned.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
