ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341366
| Date: | Saturday 15 August 1942 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6463 |
| MSN: | 4915 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km E of Garnet Peak, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hempstead Plains-Mitchell Field, NY |
The C-53 transport plane struck trees on a mountainside, crashed and burst into flames.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Schenectady Gazette - Aug 17, 1942
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