Estado: | |
Fecha: | lunes 1 diciembre 1952 |
Tipo: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registración: | 45-1124 |
Numéro de série: | 34394/17127 |
Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 10 / Ocupantes: 10 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 13 / Ocupantes: 13 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 18 km (11.3 milles) NNW of Banning, CA ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE (OFF/KOFF), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Riverside-March AFB, CA (RIV/KRIV), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:The Douglas C-47D impacted Mt. San Gorgonio in a snowstorm while on a flight from Offutt AFB, Nebraska to March AFB, California killing the 13 men on board.
On December 5, 1952, a Marine Corps Sikorsky HO3S helicopter crashed while trying to reach the crash site.
Fuentes:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE to Riverside-March AFB, CA as the crow flies is 2027 km (1267 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.