ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337713
| Date: | Friday 7 September 1945 |
| Time: | 02:13 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-201G |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC33631 |
| MSN: | 4137 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17532 hours |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-G202A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km ENE of Florence, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Savannah International Airport, GA (SAV/KSAV) |
| Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC (RDU/KRDU) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft had departed Savannah at 00:41 for a flight to Raleigh. Weather at Raleigh was below minima, so the crew were re-cleared for Washington. No acknowledgement of the message was received. At 02:05, a radio transmission from Flight 42 was intercepted in which it was indicated that the pilot intended to return to Florence and that he desired clearance to land at Florence Army Air Field. It was found out that a fire in the rear had forced the crew to divert. Because of the fire, the passengers moved to the front of the plane. The right elevator caught fire as well, rendering longitudinal control very difficult and probably made the collision with the first of the trees unavoidable. The aircraft crashed in a swampy, wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Fire of undetermined genesis in the rear cargo compartment or lavatory which resulted in the inability of the pilot to maintain altitude long enough to effect a landing."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 2970-45
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