Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 FEB 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47D |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49143 |
| C/n / msn: | 14959/26404 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 7,2 km (4.5 mls) WNW off Roosevelt Roads-Roosevelt NAS (NRR) (Puerto Rico) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed at sea.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Toledo Blade - Feb 4, 1950
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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.
