ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336228
| Date: | Tuesday 7 February 1950 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-1037 |
| MSN: | 34306/17040 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3558 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km NW of Pon Lake, YT -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Whitehorse Airport, YT (YXY/CYXY) |
| Whitehorse Airport, YT (YXY/CYXY) |
The airplane departed Whitehorse Airport, YT (YXY) participating in a search for a Douglas C-54 that went missing January 26 near Snag, YT (Canada). Weather in the search area was overcast to broken. The airplane was caught in a downdraft and flew into the side of a mountain.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Mystery C-47 in the Yukon / By Ruud Leeuw
Images:
photo (c) Murray Lundberg; 24 km NW of Pon Lake, YT; 12 July 2017
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