Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAY 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-10-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-49248 |
| C/n / msn: | 15064/26509 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8,8 km (5.5 mls) SE of Livingston, MT (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Flew into the side of a mountain. Both pilots had bailed out safely before the plane went down.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» The Deseret News. - May 20, 1947
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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.
