ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339418
| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39077 |
| MSN: | 10204 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km E of Louisburg, KS -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The flight crew was practicing instrument flying and stalls when the aircraft entered a spin. The aircraft impacted the ground, killing five occupants.
The aircraft was likely operating out of Olathe NAS, Kansas, as on September 10, 1944, the station's primary mission became that of training transport pilots.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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