Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 25 November 1962 |
Type: | Douglas LC-47H |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 50777 |
MSN: | 26378/14933 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Davis Glacier ( Antarctica)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Davis Glacier, Antarctica |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The ski-equipped LC-47 was making a jet assisted takeoff when a JATO canister was released accidentally before it stopped firing, hitting the aircraft's propeller. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
» Youngstown Vindicator 26 November 1962, p4
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A history of the famous vx-6 squadron's aviators. The men who flew the frozen continent and the polar ice cap 1955-1999 / By Noel Gillespie
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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.