Status: | Final |
Date: | Sunday 13 January 1963 |
Time: | 02:33 |
Type: |  Fairchild C-123B Provider |
Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 54-0589 |
C/n / msn: | 20038 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM) ( United States of America)
|
Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:A Douglas DC-7 of Delta Air Lines (N4875C, msn 44679) was taxiing for takeoff at Memphis Municipal Airport, Tennessee, USA, when it struck a parked USAF Fairchild C-123B Provider (54-0589, msn 20038).
The pilot of the DC-7 was killed. The Provider was damaged by fire.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - failed to see and avoid other aircraft
pilot in command - improper operation of brakes and/or flight controls
Classification:
Ground collision
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» NTSB
» Passauer Neue Presse 17.1.1963, p7
Photos