ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335909
| Date: | Sunday 8 April 1951 |
| Time: | 11:56 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48298 |
| MSN: | 25559/14114 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km NE of Charleston, WV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Louisville-Godman AFB, KY |
| Charleston-Kanawha County Airport, WV (CRW/KCRW) |
Flew into the side of a tree-covered hill and caught fire. The C-47 was on an ADF instrument approach to runway 23 of the Charleston-Kanawha County Airport, WV (CRW).
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
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