ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340474
| Date: | Friday 17 December 1943 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-30719 |
| MSN: | 13870 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Knocknapeasta, Co. Kerry -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Port Lyautey NAS (NNA/GMMY) |
| St Eval RAF Station |
Flew into a 988 m-high mountain called Cnoc na Péiste (a.k.a. Knocknapeasta) in Macgillycuddy's Reeks.
The crew failed to change course off Cape Finnestere in Northern Portugal. The crew reached the Irish coastline, likely assuming it to be South West Cornwall. Descent was continued until it impacted a ridge at the 610 m level of the mountain.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Foreign Aircraft Landings in Ireland 1939 - 1946
1943 Crash of USAAF "Dakota" on Cnoc na Péiste
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