Flugunfall 04 MAR 1954 einer Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3) 42-24096 - Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée
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Datum:Donnerstag 4 März 1954
Zeit:14:30
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3)
Fluggesellschaft:United States Air Force - USAF
Kennzeichen: 42-24096
Werknummer: 9958
Baujahr: 1943
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 16 / Insassen: 16
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 20 / Insassen: 20
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:nahe Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (   Frankreich)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA/LIRA), Italien
Flug nach:Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN/EDFH), Deutschland
Unfallbericht:
The C-47 transport plane flew into the side of a mountain at an elevation of 8,000 ft. The accident occurred in snow and low overcast conditions. The plane had drifted off the prescribed course and no wind drift correction had been made.
The airplane operated on a flight from Tripoli, Libya to Hahn, Germany with an en route stop at Rome, Italy.

Informationsquelle:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
» L'Unitá 7-3-1054


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Distance from Roma-Ciampino Air Base to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport as the crow flies is 988 km (618 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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