Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 AUG 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47D |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49278 |
| C/n / msn: | 15094/26539 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) E of Decatur, IL (DEC) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Decatur Airport, IL (DEC/KDEC), United States of America |
| ? |
Destroyed by fire in take-off accident.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Chicago Tribune (Aug 4, 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.
