ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) 42-93041 Herrenalb

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Status:
Date:	Thursday 1 November 1945
Time:	15:30 BST
Type:	Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-93041
MSN:	12909
First flight:	1944
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 26
Total:	Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 30
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Herrenalb ( Germany)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Bovingdon RAF Station, United Kingdom
Destination airport:	Schleißheim Airfield (EDNX), Germany

Narrative:
The aircraft flew into the side of a mountain. The pilot was climbing through an overcast and struck the mountain.

Classification:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:

» Bayerische Flugzeug-Historiker e.V.
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher

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Distance from Bovingdon RAF Station to Schleißheim Airfield as the crow flies is 940 km (588 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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