Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 09 NOV 1945 |
| Zeit: | ca 20:00 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-60-DL |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 42-24383 |
| Werknummer: | 10245 |
| Baujahr: | 1943 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 20 / Insassen: 20 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 24 / Insassen: 24 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | nahe Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport (LICP) (Italien)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Athens-Hassani Airport (ATH/LGAT), Griechenland |
| Napoli Airport (NAP/LIRN), Italien |
Controlled flight into terrain in poor visibility. About an hour before the crash the pilot reported he was lost. After some forty minutes the position was re-established but the plane impacted a mountain.
Informationsquelle:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 The first seventy years Vol.2 / J.M. Gradidge
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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 Athens-Hassani Airport to Napoli Airport as the crow flies is 870 km (544 miles).
Distance from Athens-Hassani Airport to Napoli Airport as the crow flies is 870 km (544 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.
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