ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) NC17645
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Date:Wednesday 5 May 1948
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Superior Oil Corp.
Registration: NC17645
MSN: 25423/13978
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Missing
Aircraft fate: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Location:at an unknown location (   Atlantic Ocean)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX), Canada
Destination airport:Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN), Ireland
Narrative:
Missing over the Atlantic. The search for the missing plane was abandoned on May 10, 1948.

Sources:
» Franc-Tireur 6 May 1948


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Distance from Gander Airport, NL to Shannon Airport as the crow flies is 3156 km (1973 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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