Narrative:
The C-46 transport plane departed Sedalia AAF on a personnel ferry flight to San Antonio-Brooks Field. It took off on a visual clearance but encountered
instrument weather conditions en route. The pilot decided to continue on instruments at an altitude of 6000 feet. The airplane descended until it crashed in a canyon.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 27 April 1945 |
| Time: | 13:44 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77706 |
| MSN: | 33102 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 40 km (25 mls) SSE of Claude, TX ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL), United States of America |
| San Antonio-Brooks Field, TX, United States of America |
The C-46 transport plane departed Sedalia AAF on a personnel ferry flight to San Antonio-Brooks Field. It took off on a visual clearance but encountered
instrument weather conditions en route. The pilot decided to continue on instruments at an altitude of 6000 feet. The airplane descended until it crashed in a canyon.
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. MirelesPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Sedalia Army Air Field, MO to San Antonio-Brooks Field, TX as the crow flies is 1129 km (705 miles).
Distance from Sedalia Army Air Field, MO to San Antonio-Brooks Field, TX as the crow flies is 1129 km (705 miles).
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