Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 AUG 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas R4D-6 |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17285 |
| C/n / msn: | 14505/25950 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 18 km (11.3 mls) from Miami NAS, FL (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU), United States of America |
| Opa-Locka Airport, FL (OPF/KOPF), United States of America |
Crashed after midair collision with civilian Stearman. Both pilots of the Stearman parachuted to safety.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» Youngstown Vindicator - Aug 6, 1948
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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 Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA to Opa-Locka Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1275 km (797 miles).
Distance from Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA to Opa-Locka Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1275 km (797 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.
