Accident
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 28 MRZ 1950 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47B-50-DK |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 45-1065 |
| Werknummer: | 34335 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 5 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 15 km (9.4 Meilen) SE of Rockcliffe RCAF Station, ON (Kanada) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Rockcliffe RCAF Station, ON (YRO/CYRO), Kanada |
| New York (unknown airport), NY, USA |
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.
Informationsquelle:
» 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.
