Date:	Saturday 11 March 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-15181
MSN:	19647
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Stuart, FL -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fort Wayne Municipal Airport/Baer Field, IN (FWA/KFWA)
Destination airport:	West Palm Beach-Morrison AAF, FL (PBI/KPBI)

Narrative:
The C-47 went out of control after entering instrument conditions. It entered a spin and crashed into a waterway.

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

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