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| Date: | Thursday 11 March 1948 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Douglas R5D (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Donaldsonville, LA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pensacola, FL |
| Corpus Christi, TX |
Navy transport plane crash-landed and burned on a fog-shrauded auxilliary Point Homaux Field. Two injured. Suffered N°4 engine failure near New Orleans and propeller fell off around 03:15 and attempting a landing on a auxilliary (gras) field outside Donaldsonville. Five crew and 14 passengers.
Sources:
Evening Star 11 March 1948, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2018 19:57 | TB | Added |
| 09-Aug-2018 19:58 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2020 20:51 | TB | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2020 15:33 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 06-Nov-2020 21:45 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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