Date: | Wednesday 28 November 1945 |
Time: | 07:15 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-16374 |
MSN: | 20840 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 25 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5 km NW of Auburn, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Palm Springs Municipal Airport, CA (PSP/KPSP) |
Destination airport: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) |
Narrative:This C-47B was a regular Military Air Transport Flight from Tucson-Davis Monthan Field, AZ to Sacramento-McClellan Field, CA. The airplane departed at 14:07. A refueling stop was made at Palm Springs, CA. After departing Palm Springs at 15:41 the route of flight was direct to Fresno in CFR conditions. From Fresno the crew continued IFR to McClellan. It was dark by the time the C-47 arrived in the Sacramento area. The crew were not able to locate the airfield and circled the area for some time. The airplane flew into a hillside and caught fire.
Sources:
The Auburn C-47B Lost on Final Approach A/C 43-16374 November 28, 1945 By Don R. Jordan
Prescott Evening Courier - Nov 29, 1945
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