Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAR 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-50-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 45-1085 |
| C/n / msn: | 17088/34355 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Hobard Mills, CA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stockton Airport, CA (SCK/KSCK), United States of America |
| Ogden (unknown airport), UT, United States of America |
Broke up in flight.
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 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.
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