Narrative:
A Douglas C-53 transport aircraft (42-15872, c/n 7389) suffered takeoff accident at Fayetteville-Pope AAF, NC (POB). It apparently struck a parked Douglas C-47 (41-18379, c/n 4417). Both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.
Damaged on the ground
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1942 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18379 |
| MSN: | 4417 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Fayetteville-Pope AAF, NC (POB) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A Douglas C-53 transport aircraft (42-15872, c/n 7389) suffered takeoff accident at Fayetteville-Pope AAF, NC (POB). It apparently struck a parked Douglas C-47 (41-18379, c/n 4417). Both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.
Classification:
Ground collisionDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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