Estado: | |
Fecha: | lunes 1 febrero 1954 |
Tipo: | Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registración: | 44-78027 |
Numéro de série: | 33423 |
Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 30 / Ocupantes: 30 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 35 / Ocupantes: 35 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | S off Hokkaido ( Japón)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC), Japón |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Sapporo-Chitose Airport (CTS/RJCC), Japón |
Descripción:The airplane reportedly suffered an in-flight fire. The pilot attempted a ditched in the Tsugaru Straits between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, but the airplane crashed.
Fuentes:
» Dover Daily Reporter February 01,1954
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Map
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 Tachikawa Air Base to Sapporo-Chitose Airport as the crow flies is 806 km (504 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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.