Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 DEC 1945 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-5-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48602 |
| C/n / msn: | 14418/25863 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) SE of Carlos Pellegrini, CR (Argentina) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS), Paraguay |
| Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD/SUMU), Uruguay |
Crashed in the wild Argentina-Brazil-Uruguay border country.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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 Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport to Montevideo-Carrasco Airport as the crow flies is 1073 km (671 miles).
Distance from Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport to Montevideo-Carrasco Airport as the crow flies is 1073 km (671 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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