Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JUL 1945 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-16101 |
| C/n / msn: | 20567 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) E of Spring Lake, TX (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Sumner Airport, NM (FSU), United States of America |
| Greenville-Majors Field, TX (GVT), United States of America |
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed in a in-flight break-up accident near Spring Lake, TX. All five on board were killed.The pilot may have overcontrolled the plane after entering a dive in instrument weather conditions.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
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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.
