Narrative:
The C-46 transport plane operated on a local instrument training flight out of Sedalia AAF. The airplane crashed following the consecutive failure of both wings. Investigators speculated that the wings failed in an overstress situation during a possible unusual attitude recovery.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 22 March 1945 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77320 |
| MSN: | 32716 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) SW of Slater, MO ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL), United States of America |
| Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL), United States of America |
The C-46 transport plane operated on a local instrument training flight out of Sedalia AAF. The airplane crashed following the consecutive failure of both wings. Investigators speculated that the wings failed in an overstress situation during a possible unusual attitude recovery.
Classification:
Wing failure Loss of control
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. MirelesPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Sedalia Army Air Field, MO to Sedalia Army Air Field, MO as the crow flies is 19879 km (12425 miles).
Distance from Sedalia Army Air Field, MO to Sedalia Army Air Field, MO as the crow flies is 19879 km (12425 miles).
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