Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 MAR 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-50-DK |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-1065 |
| C/n / msn: | 34335 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) SE of Rockcliffe RCAF Station, ON (Canada) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rockcliffe RCAF Station, ON (YRO/CYRO), Canada |
| New York (unknown airport), NY, United States of America |
The airplane's no.2 engine caught fire shortly after departure from RCAF Rockcliffe. One of the passengers was able to bail out safely. The other four occupants died as the airplane crashed in flames. One of those killed was American Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Probing fatal Steinhardt air plane crash (AP, 29-3-1950)
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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.
