| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 23 April 1953 |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17196 |
| MSN: | 43357 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Chehalis, WA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The airplane crashed near Chehalis, WA. Ten of the occupants were able to bail out safely before the crash.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» El Litoral 24 April 1953, p1
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