ASN Aircraft accident Douglas LC-117D 99853 Williams Field
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Date:xx JAN 1968
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3S model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas LC-117D
Operator:United States Navy
Registration: 99853
MSN: 43339
First flight: 1945
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Williams Field (   Antarctica)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:?
Flightnumber:-
Narrative:
The LC-117D was damaged beyond repair when it slipped from her sling while being hauled aboard a ship. It fell 25 feet to the quay. The airplane was pushed out on the ice of the Ross Sea to drift away to sink in the frozen Antarctic water.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» 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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