Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 OCT 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-100855 |
| C/n / msn: | 19318 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sea of Japan (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS), South Korea |
| Brady AFB, Japan |
Fuel exhaustion; crashed.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)
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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.
