Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 25 NOV 1962 |
| Tipo: | Douglas LC-47H |
| Operador: | United States Navy |
| Registración: | 50777 |
| Numéro de série: | 14933/26378 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Davis Glacier (Antártida) |
| Fase: | Despegue (TOF) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Davis Glacier, Antártida |
| ? |
The ski-equipped LC-47 was making a jet assisted take-off when a JATO cannister was released accidentally before it stopped firing, hitting the aircraft's propeller. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Fuentes:
» A history of the famous vx-6 squadron's aviators. The men who flew the frozen continent and the polar ice cap 1955-1999 / By Noel Gillespie
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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.
