Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 23 January 1949 |
Type: | Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 17263 |
MSN: | 25638/14193 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Toledo, OH ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Flew into ground during bad weather.
Sources:
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US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» Correio da Manhã 25 January 1949, p7
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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.