Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 MAY 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47D |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49496 |
| C/n / msn: | 15312/26757 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Aurora-Lowry AFB, CO (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Aurora-Lowry AFB, CO, United States of America |
Suffered a landing accident in poor weather conditions.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
