ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340096
Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-108842 |
MSN: | 12268 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Membury USAAF Station 466 -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Membury USAAF Station 466 |
Destination airport: | Newbury-Greenham Common RAF Station (EWY/EGVI) |
Narrative:The C-47A departed Membury USAAF Station 466 and climbed to 100 feet above treetops. A slow right turn increased to a 45 degree bank angle. The right wing then contacted tree tops causing a loss of control and subsequent crash.
There was no mechanical failure and the accident was due to pilot error in the opinion of the Accident Investigating Committee.
Sources:
Brief of aircraft accident AFAFC No. 45--4-25-510
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) Aviation Archaeology - local crash sites Revision history:
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