Date:	Friday 27 August 1943
Time:	21:30
Type:	Douglas C-53D Skytrooper (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-68746
MSN:	11673
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	18 km SW of Garland, NC -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fayetteville-Pope AFB, NC (POB/KPOB)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Descended into the ground in a steep power-on glide.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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