Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Date:15 FEB 1958
Type:Douglas VC-47A
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 42-93817
C/n / msn: 13771
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Mount Vesuvius (Italy)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Napoli Airport (NAP/LIRN), Italy
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The VC-47 was en route from Ramstain, Germany to a base in Turkey. An intermediate stop was made in Naples. Last radio contact was thirty minutes after takeoff when the crew reported en route at 6500 feet and switching to the Rome ATC. It never contacted Rome.

Events:

Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde

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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.
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