Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 JAN 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-10-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48936 |
| C/n / msn: | 14752/26197 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| 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: | 10,4 km (6.5 mls) N of Seattle-Sand Point NAS, AK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Great Falls International Airport, MT (GTF/KGTF), United States of America |
| Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM), United States of America |
Crashed.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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Map
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 Great Falls International Airport, MT to Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA as the crow flies is 831 km (520 miles).
Distance from Great Falls International Airport, MT to Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA as the crow flies is 831 km (520 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.
