Last updated: 18 January 2021
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | martes 30 octubre 1951 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registración: | 43-15109 |
| Numéro de série: | 19575 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 6 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 5 km (3.1 milles) NE of Riverside, CA ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA), Estados Unidos de América |
| San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA (SBD/KSBD), Estados Unidos de América |
A C-47A transport plane was destroyed when it crashed in the Box Springs Mountains. All six on board were killed.
The airplane was based at Madison-Truax Field, WI and operated on a flight to San Bernardino-Norton AFB in California. A stop was made at Amarillo, Texas to pick up four passengers.
The crash site was near the summit of a 2400-ft high mountain top.
Fuentes:
» El Litoral 31-10-1951 p.1» Toledo Blade - Oct 31, 1951
» The Milwaukee Journal - Oct 31, 1951
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Amarillo AFB, TX to San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA as the crow flies is 1415 km (884 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Amarillo AFB, TX to San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA as the crow flies is 1415 km (884 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
