Détails:
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.
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 7 juillet 1944 |
| Heure: | 22:35 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Immatriculation: | 43-15767 |
| Numéro de série: | 20233 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 1,6 km (1 milles) de Constatia, NY ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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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.
Sources:
» 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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