Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 SEP 1943 |
| Time: | 00:59 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-68788 |
| C/n / msn: | 11715 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) S of Alliance AAB, NE (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alliance AAF, NE (AIA/KAIA), United States of America |
| Scottsbluff County Airport, NE (BFF/KBFF), United States of America |
Shortly after takeoff the left wingtip contacted the ground, followed by the right hand engine and wing. The C-53 then crashed and broke up.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Alliance AAF, NE to Scottsbluff County Airport, NE as the crow flies is 68 km (42 miles).
Distance from Alliance AAF, NE to Scottsbluff County Airport, NE as the crow flies is 68 km (42 miles).
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.
