Date: | Friday 7 January 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 43-15931 |
MSN: | 20379 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 6,5 km SW of Mineral, WA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF) |
Destination airport: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
Narrative:The Douglas C-47 operated on a flight from Maxwell Field, Alabama to McChord Field, Washington with a refueling stop at Hill Field, Utah.
The airplane departed Hill Field at 19:34 hours. Last radio contact was at 22:44 hours when the crew radioed that they were over Tacoma, commencing the approach to McChord.
The wreckage was located January 9, 30 miles west of Mount Rainier.
Sources:
The Deseret News - Jan 7, 1949 The Deseret News - Jan 10, 1949 Accident-Report.com
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