Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
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| Date: | 07 JAN 1949 |
| Heure: | 16:45 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-54G-5-DO |
| Compagnie: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Immatriculation: | 45-543 |
| Numéro de série: | 35996 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1945 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Total: | victimes: 6 / à bord: 6 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Garstang (Royaume Uni)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF), Allemagne |
| Burtonwood Airport (BUT/EGOB), Royaume Uni |
Douglas Skymaster 45-543 was participating in the Berlin Airlift. To undergo its 200 hour maintenance inspection, the airplane was to be ferried to Burtonwood (BUT). The aircraft took taken off at 13:12 from Rhein-Main AFB (FRF). The flight was uneventful and the pilot was cleared to make a VFR approach to Burtonwood. The airplane descended through the cloud and flew into the face of Stake House Fell. Investigation revealed that a strong signal from commercial radio station North of the Burtonwood base was interfering with the Burtonwood Range signal, causing the radio compass on board aircraft to continue to indicate that the base was to their North even after they had passed to the North of the Range Station.
Sources:
» C-54 Skymaster 45-543 - Stake House Fell - 7th January 1949
» The Unheralded: Men and Women of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift/Edwin Gere
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB et Burtonwood Airport est de 852 km (532 miles).
La distance entre Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB et Burtonwood Airport est de 852 km (532 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
