Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JUL 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77139 |
| C/n / msn: | 16723/33471 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Saishu Island (South Korea) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Landing accident due to fire.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
