Estado: | |
Fecha: | domingo 21 marzo 1948 |
Hora: | 01:07 |
Tipo: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registración: | 43-16267 |
Numéro de série: | 20733 |
Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 3 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 6 / Ocupantes: 8 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 18 km (11.3 milles) NE of Woodland, WA ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Portland-Hillsboro Airport, OR (HIO/KHIO), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:Attempted emergency landing in darkness after engine failure.
Fuentes:
» El Tiempo 22 March 1948, p8
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Chicago Tribune March 24, 1948
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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 Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA to Portland-Hillsboro Airport, OR as the crow flies is 808 km (505 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.