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Date: | Friday 26 August 1955 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Curtiss C-46D-10-CU |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 44-77562 |
MSN: | 32958 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Joplin Airport, MO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Grandview AFB, MO |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:*Tyre blew on landing and landing gear foldet under the strain. Skidded 150yards along the runway and caught fire.
**undershot the runway, ripped off its landing gear in a ditch and skidded to a stop on ist belly about 200yards along the runway. A fire doused quickly by firemen.
Sources:
*San Bernardino Sun 27 August 1955, p1
**Youngstown Vindicator 27 August 1955, p3
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Dec-2017 19:54 |
TB |
Added |
17-Jun-2019 19:46 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Nov-2022 23:41 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |