Date:	Tuesday 22 April 1947
Time:	10:40
Type:	Douglas DC-3C
Owner/operator:	Delta Air Lines
Registration:	NC49657
MSN:	9066
Year of manufacture:	1943
Total airframe hrs:	2899 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Columbus, GA -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Macon (unknown airport), GA
Destination airport:	Columbus-Muscogee Airport, GA
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
While on approach to runway 05, a private aircraft (a Vultee BT-13, registered NC55312 and owned by the Tuskegee Aviation Institute) landed on top of the DC-3. Both aircraft climbed from 10 feet to 150 feet because the DC-3's tail was forced down by the BT-13, and the pilot had applied power. Both aircraft crashed and burned.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the pilot in the BT-13 to fly a standard left hand pattern in his approach to the airport and to Keep a diligent lookout for other traffic."

Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 46)
CAB Accident Investigation Report

photo (c) Bill Poturica; 22 April 1947

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