Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 MAR 1950 |
| Time: | ca 21:00 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49915 |
| C/n / msn: | 15731/27176 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 42 km (26.3 mls) SE of Komaki AB (Japan) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military test |
| Departure airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (RJOI), Japan |
| Nagoya-Komaki International Airport (NKM/RJNA), Japan |
Crashed while returning from a routine training flight.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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 Iwakuni MCAS to Nagoya-Komaki International Airport as the crow flies is 443 km (277 miles).
Distance from Iwakuni MCAS to Nagoya-Komaki International Airport as the crow flies is 443 km (277 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.
