Accident Douglas VC-47A (DC-3) 42-93817,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334302
 

Date:Saturday 15 February 1958
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas VC-47A (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 42-93817
MSN: 13771
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Monte Vesuvio -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Napoli-Capodichino Airport (NAP/LIRN)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The VC-47 was en route from Ramstein, Germany to a base near Istanbul in Turkey. An intermediate stop was made in Naples, where it landed at 13:29.
Last radio contact was at 22:24, about thirty minutes after takeoff when the crew reported en route at 6500 feet and switching to the Rome ATC. It never contacted Rome and the airplane impacted Mount Vesuvius.

Sources:

US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
La Stampa 18-2-1958

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