ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332544
| Date: | Wednesday 6 October 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas LC-47H |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17239 |
| MSN: | 25424/13979 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km from McMurdo Station-Williams Field (NZWD) -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed on Ross Ice Shelf about 3 miles from Williams Field, Antarctic, while taking off after a practice open field landing. An improperly rigged ski cable slipped and the front of one ski dug into the snow.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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