ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336197
| Date: | Tuesday 28 March 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-1065 |
| MSN: | 34335/17068 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km SE of Rockcliffe RCAF Station, ON -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rockcliffe RCAF Station, ON (YRO/CYRO) |
| New York (unknown airport), NY |
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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