Date:	Friday 7 July 1944
Time:	22:35
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-15767
MSN:	20233
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,6 km off Constatia, NY -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The airplane took off from Syracuse AAF at 20:39 on a routine training flight. Without clearance or permission the pilot flew to Niagara Falls. It circled the area and headed for Lake Oneida. The C-47 descended over the lake and contacted the surface. The airplane broke up and came to rest in 10 feet of water.

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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