Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JAN 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-2-112 |
| Operator: | J. Calvert |
| Registration: | NC13715 |
| C/n / msn: | 1241 |
| First flight: | 1934 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) from Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA (RIC/KRIC), United States of America |
| Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA), United States of America |
The airplane crashed into a house, injuring two persons on the ground and all 16 aboard the DC-2.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA to Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN as the crow flies is 841 km (526 miles).
Distance from Richmond International Airport (Byrd Field), VA to Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN as the crow flies is 841 km (526 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.
