Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 APR 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 50771 |
| C/n / msn: | 14881/26326 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 21 km (13.1 mls) SE of Albuquerque-Kirtland AAF, NM (ABQ) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Phoenix (unknown airport), AZ, United States of America |
| Amarillo AAF, TX (AMA/KAMA), United States of America |
Hit mountain at night. The airplane was en route from Phoenix, AZ to Amarillo, TX.
Sources:
» The Deseret News - Apr 4, 1946
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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.
