Status: | |
Date: | Monday 3 June 1957 |
Time: | 17:30 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 43-15995 |
MSN: | 20461 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near McGrath, AK ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The C-47A transport plane crashed while attempting an emergency landing on a small airstrip after engine trouble. The aircraft impacted wooded terrain. Two occupants were killed, two were injured and five were unhurt.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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The Panama American, June 04, 1957
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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.