Date:	Tuesday 18 January 1944
Time:	06:13
Type:	Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-30682
MSN:	13833
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Oakland, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Oakland Municipal Airport, CA (OAK/KOAK)
Destination airport:	Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA)

Narrative:
The C-47 took off from runway 27 at the Oakland Municipal Airport. Shortly after takeoff the no. 1 engine failed due to a fuel vapour lock condition. The pilot feathered the prop and attempted to return to the airport. During a right hand turn the airplane continued to lose altitude. It stalled at low altitude and crashed into a house at 2010 38th Street.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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