Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 FEB 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23619 |
| C/n / msn: | 9481 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Negros Island (Philippines) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iloilo-Mandurriao Airport (ILO/RPVI), Philippines |
| Cebu Airport (CEB/RPVM), Philippines |
Flew into the side of a mountain.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» BAAA-ACRO
» MARC 15029
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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 Iloilo-Mandurriao Airport to Cebu Airport as the crow flies is 163 km (102 miles).
Distance from Iloilo-Mandurriao Airport to Cebu Airport as the crow flies is 163 km (102 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.
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