Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 JUL 1953 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47D |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48803 |
| C/n / msn: | 14619/26064 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) from Stavanger-Sola Airport (SVG) (Norway)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Stavanger-Sola Airport (SVG/ENZV), Norway |
Collision with Norwegian Air Force F-84 Thunderjet. Both aircraft crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» Toledo Blade - Jul 10, 1953
» The Palm Beach Post - Jul 11, 1953
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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.
