ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140141
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| Date: | Friday 30 January 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 44-83787 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Montagne du Cheval-Blanc, Basses-Alpes 04 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Istres-Le Tubé Air Base () (LFMI) |
| ? |
On early morning of 30 January 1948, a search plane located the wreckage of a C-47 that had crashed on the 27th of the same month. The plane waited there for a while, awaiting a B-17 that was to take some photos. But the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress struck the Montagne du Cheval-Blanc, just behind the ridge. The aircraft exploded instantly, and crashed some 1000m from the C-47 debris. There were only 2 survivors in a first time ( ? ). But the pilot, one of them, was not located until March 25th, and had died because of his severe injuries and because of cold.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
- Strong winds from the north, causing strong downdrafts.
- The photographers asked the pilot to descend dangerously low.
- The pilot was surprised by the winds and misjudged the descent.
- 8 of 10 people located on board the accident aircraft were in the forward part, causing a huge imbalance.
The aircraft stalled too low to recover and it inevitably crashed into the mountain.
Sources:
Chroniques de Haute-Provence n° 354 (2005, 125e année), p 83-167.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2011 11:16 | Ulysse | Added |
| 29-Nov-2011 11:18 | harro | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2014 19:35 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2014 15:55 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2018 10:46 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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