ASN Aircraft accident Douglas R5D-3 (DC-4) 56496 Kwajalein NAS (KWA)

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Status:
Date:	Tuesday 19 September 1950
Time:	05:20
Type:	Douglas R5D-3 (DC-4)
Operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	56496
MSN:	10624
First flight:	1945
Crew:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:	Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Total:	Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	2,5 km (1.6 mls) E off Kwajalein NAS (KWA) ( Marshall Islands)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Kwajalein Atoll/Dryess Aaf (PKRO), Marshall Islands
Destination airport:	Tokyo (unknown airport), Japan

Narrative:
Crashed into sea, shortly after takeoff from runway 07 at NAS Kwajalein on a flight to Tokyo.

Sources:

» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher

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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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