Date: | Sunday 24 October 1954 |
Time: | 17:50 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 43-16044 |
MSN: | 20510 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 12 km W of Limone Piemonte, Cuneo -
Italy
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA/LIRA) |
Destination airport: | Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN/LFLY) |
Narrative:A Douglas C-47A transport plane was destroyed when it flew into the side of a mountain in the Lago Carbone area of the Maritime Alps near the French / Italian border.
The airplane operated on flight from Rome, Italy to RAF Station Manston, UK with an en route stop at Lyon, France. The flight plan contained a bearing error and there were strong winds forecast en route. It went off course and struck a mountain at 8500 feet.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
L'Unitá 31-10-1954
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