ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335700
Date: | Thursday 27 December 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 43-49413 |
MSN: | 26674/15229 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 23 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Fukuoka-Itazuke AFB (FUK) -
Japan
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Fukuoka-Itazuke AFB (FUK/RJFF) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff accident. The C-47 crashed against a maintenance hangar from 30 meters altitude and caught fire.
Four occupants were killed and 19 were injured. Eight others injured were ground personnel.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
El Litoral 28 December 1951, p1 Chicago Tribune Dec. 28, 1951 Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation