Status: | |
Date: | Friday 28 January 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-15-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-23407 |
MSN: | 9269 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 6,4 km (4 mls) S off Marinella, Sicily ( Italy)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Sciacca (LICS), Italy |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Ditched south off Marinella, Sicily, Italy.
Two new engines had just been installed and the aircraft was on a test flight. The right engine fell off, forcing the ditching.
Classification:
Engine separation
Ditching
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.