Accident
Last updated: 26 May 2013
Estado:
Fecha:28 NOV 1947
Tipo:Douglas C-47B-6-DK
Operador:United States Air Force - USAF
Registración: 43-48736
Numéro de série: 14552/25997
Año de Construcción: 1944
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 15 / Ocupantes: 15
Total:Fatalidades: 20 / Ocupantes: 20
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:cerca Trappa (Italia)
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Militar
Aeropuerto de Salida:Pisa Airport (PSA/LIRP), Italia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF), Alemania
Descripción:
Crashed in the Italian Alps. The airplane was 30 miles off course. The wreckage was discovered eight months later.

Fuentes:
» U. S. Air Transport Missing In Europe with 21 Aboard (Valley Morning Star, 1947-11-30)
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher

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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 Pisa Airport to Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB as the crow flies is 714 km (446 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.
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