ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335481
| Date: | Friday 28 November 1952 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-494 |
| MSN: | 35947 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 39 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km N of Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks-Fort Wainwright Airport, AK (FBK/PAFB) |
| Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
The C-54 transport plane crashed and burned after impacting trees during an aborted approach to Tacoma-McChord in darkness and dense fog.
The crew had decided to abort the approach and divert to Great Falls-Malmstrom AFB.
Sources:
thekwe.org
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Nov 28, 1952
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