Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 JAN 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-93339 |
| C/n / msn: | 13240 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Barrackpore Air Base (India) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barrackpore Air Base (VEBR), India |
| Delhi (unknown airport), India |
Crashed in an emergency landing shortly after the takeoff.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
