Date: | Friday 7 July 1944 |
Time: | 22:35 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-15767 |
MSN: | 20233 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,6 km off Constatia, NY -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The airplane took off from Syracuse AAF at 20:39 on a routine training flight. Without clearance or permission the pilot flew to Niagara Falls. It circled the area and headed for Lake Oneida. The C-47 descended over the lake and contacted the surface. The airplane broke up and came to rest in 10 feet of water.
Sources:
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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