Date: | Saturday 15 September 1945 |
Time: | 00:08 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-45-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 45-1011 |
MSN: | 34277/17014 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 24 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,5 km N of Kansas City-Fairfax Field, KS -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kansas City-Fairfax Field, KS |
Destination airport: | Denver-Lowry Field, CO |
Narrative:After takeoff from Fairfax Field (KCK) runway 35, the C-47 barely climbed. Unable to gain height the airplane contacted trees and crashed on the north bank of the Missouri River.
The right engine was not developing enough power on takeoff, possibly because it had been fitted with plugs that were not recommended by the manufacturer.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher 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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