ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336546
| Date: | Friday 3 December 1948 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48467 |
| MSN: | 25728/14283 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 40 km E of Muroc, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM (ABQ/KABQ) |
| Edwards AFB, CA (EDW/KEDW) |
Crashed in desert after routine mission. Last radio contact 07:00 while approaching in hard rainstorm.
Sources:
Santa Cruz Sentinel 5 December 1948
accident-report.com
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