Last updated: 18 January 2021
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | viernes 15 marzo 1963 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-117D (DC-3) |
| Operador: | United States Navy |
| Registración: | 17158 |
| Numéro de série: | 43368 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 33 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Memphis NAS, TN (NQA) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), Estados Unidos de América |
| Memphis NAS, TN (NQA/KNQA), Estados Unidos de América |
The US Navy C-117D transport plane hit an electricity pole and crashed in a suburb near Memphis NAS. The aircraft caught fire. during emergency landing on Naval Air Base due to engine trouble in heavy rain. Some injuries during evacuation of the three crew and 30 passengers.
Fuentes:
» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 16 March 1963, p1» El Litoral 16 March 1963, p1
» San Bernardino Sun 16 March 1963, p1
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO to Memphis NAS, TN as the crow flies is 377 km (236 miles).
Distance from Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO to Memphis NAS, TN as the crow flies is 377 km (236 miles).
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.
