ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333390
Date: | Sunday 4 February 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 42-108992 |
MSN: | 13768 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Greensboro/High Point Airport, NC (GSO) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Greensboro/High Point Airport, NC (GSO/KGSO) |
Destination airport: | Valparaiso-Eglin AFB, FL (VPS/KVPS) |
Narrative:The C-47A transport plane operated on a flight from McGuire AFB, NJ to its home base at Eglin AFB, FL. En route stops were made at Philadelphia, PA and Greensboro, NC. A brief stop was made at Greensboro. One engine remained running, one was shut down. A passenger embarked and the engine was started again for departure.
After takeoff the aircraft climbed to 150-200 feet. It was then reported to have fallen to the left, cartwheeled and burned.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Chicago Tribune Feb. 5, 1962 Location
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