Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 20 December 1953 |
Type: | Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 17179 |
MSN: | 43346 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Agrihan Island ( Northern Mariana Islands)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Crashed into volcano crater on Agrihan Island, Marianas. The airplane was engaged in a search mission to find a US Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (59716) weather reconnaissance plane that went missing while tracing typhoon Doris with nine on board.
The R4D-8's wreckage was located on December 26.
Sources:
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US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher»
The Miami News - Dec 21, 1953»
Lewiston Morning Tribune - Dec 27, 1953
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accident date:
20-12-1953type: Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3)
registration: 17179
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.