Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 DEC 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DL |
| Operator: | Kansas City Southern Skyways |
| Registration: | NC58024 |
| C/n / msn: | 9378 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Walshville, IL (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Flint-Bishop Airport, MI (FNT/KFNT), United States of America |
| Saint Louis (unknown airport), MO, United States of America |
The aircraft was flying at a low altitude and in icing conditions, on its way to St. Louis. Both engines failed, probably as a result of fuel exhaustion, causing the DC-3 to crash into the ground.
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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.
