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| Date: | Thursday 29 September 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas AC-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49705 |
| MSN: | 26966/15521 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Antonio-Randolph AFB, TX (RND) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Forced landing into a lake at Randolph Oaks Golf course, located on the premises of Randolph Air Force Base. The crew escaped without serious injuries.
The aircraft was a C-47 modified for use by Army Airways Communications System (AACS) squadron for nav aid checking. The AC-47D designation was later used for C-47 gunship conversions.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 30 September 1960, p1
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Correio da Manhã 30 October 1960, p12
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