Last updated: 29 November 2021
| 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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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.
