ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334035
| Date: | Tuesday 31 March 1959 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17241 |
| MSN: | 43343 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Napoli-Capodichino Airport (NAP) -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Napoli-Capodichino Airport (NAP/LIRN) |
| Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
Crashed after takeoff due to engine failure. One worker on the ground was killed.
Sources:
La Stampa 1 April 1959, p7
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
L'Unità, 1-4-1959
El Litoral, 31-3-1959 p.1
Het vr?e volk, 1-4-1959
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