Date:	Sunday 1 July 1945
Time:	17:05
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-16101
MSN:	20567
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	10 km E of Spring Lake, TX -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fort Sumner Airport, NM (FSU/KFSU)
Destination airport:	Greenville-Majors Field, TX (GVT/KGVT)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed in a in-flight break-up accident near Spring Lake, TX. All five on board were killed. The pilot may have overcontrolled the plane after entering a dive in instrument weather conditions.

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles

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