ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330237
Date: | Thursday 8 March 1973 |
Time: | 09:10 |
Type: | Douglas C-47J (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army |
Registration: | 0-50781 |
MSN: | 26398/14953 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Silk Hope, NC -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Fort Bragg-Simmons AAF, NC (FBG/KFBG) |
Destination airport: | Fort Bragg-Simmons AAF, NC (FBG/KFBG) |
Narrative:The C-47 crashed into a corn field one hour after departure. The accident killed all on board, including 11 members of the United States Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, a flight crew of two, and a crew chief.
Cause of the crash was determined to be overloaded - due to the fact a heavy metal plating floor had been added in Vietnam but not entered in the log book. The aircraft was also flying in poor weather conditions.
Sources:
In Remembrance "Friends and Teammates Lost in the C-47" 281st Assault Helicopter Company Remembrance page Revision history:
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