Status: | |
Date: | Friday 9 October 1942 |
Type: | Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 01981 |
MSN: | 4437 |
First flight: | 1942 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | within New Caledonia ( New Caledonia)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Hit mountain in New Caledonia.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
»
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.