Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAY 1947 |
| Type: | Boeing XC-97 |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-27472 |
| C/n / msn: | 8483 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) E of Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH (FFO) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH (FFO/KFFO), United States of America |
The XC-97 came down in a wheat stubble field and burst into flames.
Sources:
» Prescott Evening Courier - May 22, 1947
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
