Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 APR 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-25-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-76231 |
| C/n / msn: | 15815/32563 |
| 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: | 8 km (5 mls) W of Decaturville, TN (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed in poor weather; at least one occupant was killed.
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.
