Date: | Thursday 11 September 1975 |
Time: | 13:00 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Stoney's Rainbow Lanes & Lounge |
Registration: | N144A |
MSN: | 9723 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wakeman, OH -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Wakeman Airport, OH |
Destination airport: | Miami (unknown airport), FL |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 was nearing its cruising altitude when it began to descend. The aircraft struck trees and crashed. Investigation revealed that the pilots were using the oxygen masks; there was no oxygen in the system.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI76AC026 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Wakeman, OH; September 1973
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