CFIT Accident Douglas VC-47D (DC-3) 43-49266,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335882
 

Date:Friday 11 May 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas VC-47D (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 43-49266
MSN: 26527/15082
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:27 km NE of Spokane-Felts Field, WA (SFF) -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM)
Destination airport:Spokane-Felts Field, WA (SFF/KSFF)
Narrative:
The VC-47D aircraft impacted Mount Spokane at the 3500-foot level.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Spokane Daily Chronicle - May 12, 1951

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