ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340311
| Date: | Thursday 10 February 1944 |
| Time: | 23:36 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-277A |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | NC21767 |
| MSN: | 2166 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12446 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 29 km SW of Memphis Airport, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Little Rock National Airport, AR (LIT/KLIT) |
| Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 struck the Mississippi River in an angle of descent of about 20 degrees with the right wing slightly low.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board is unable to determine the probable cause of this accident upon the available evidence which has been collected in the present investigation. Search for further information will continue and in the event that additional significant evidence is obtained a supplemental report will be issued."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 523-44
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