ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337002
| Date: | Wednesday 9 April 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-49258 |
| MSN: | 26519/15074 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF/KSKF) |
| Tucson-Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (DMA/KDMA) |
Shortly after takeoff the airplane settled down in a cotton field.
At least one occupant died in the accident.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Chicago Tribune April 10, 1947
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