
Descripción:
A C-46 transport plane was destroyed in an accident during a low altitude navigation flight. All four on board were killed. The flight left Austin-Bergstrom Field at 20:31 but failed to return. The wreckage was located four days later. The airplane had crashed into a wooded hillside at an elevation of 1500 feet.
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | miércoles 18 abril 1945 |
| Hora: | 22:05 |
| Tipo: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registración: | 44-77721 |
| Numéro de série: | 33117 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 13 km (8.1 milles) NW of Burnet, TX ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Austin-Bergstrom Field, TX (KAUS), Estados Unidos de América |
| Austin-Bergstrom Field, TX (KAUS), Estados Unidos de América |
A C-46 transport plane was destroyed in an accident during a low altitude navigation flight. All four on board were killed. The flight left Austin-Bergstrom Field at 20:31 but failed to return. The wreckage was located four days later. The airplane had crashed into a wooded hillside at an elevation of 1500 feet.
Fuentes:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. MirelesFotos
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