ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 105289
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| Date: | Monday 23 August 1943 |
| Time: | c. 21:00 |
| Type: | Douglas A-24A Banshee |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-60835 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Camp Davis Airfield, NC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Camp Davis Airfield |
| Camp Davis Airfield | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The A-24A was engaged in a night training flight to familiarise a pilot new to the unit with night operations in the A-24.
On return to the airfield at the completion of the exercise the engine lost all power at about 1,000 feet. The instructor took control and attempted a tight circling approach to the runway at Camp Davis Airfield.
The aircraft stalled from the turn onto final approach at about 300 feet, and crashed in trees just outside the boundary of the airfield.
The plane broke in half at the rear cockpit on impact and burst into flames.
The instructor survived with injuries, but the pilot in the front seat, Mabel Rawlinson, was trapped in the cockpit and died.
Mabel Virginia Rawlinson, a graduate of WASP Class 43-3, R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.wingsacrossamerica.org/above---beyond.html
- JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Mar-2011 23:21 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2011 17:57 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2011 23:39 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-May-2011 01:55 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2012 06:58 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 06:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 20-Jan-2014 23:44 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2014 00:14 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2015 17:17 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2016 16:01 | angels one five | Updated [Nature] |
| 21-Feb-2020 23:02 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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