| Date: | Sunday 24 October 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49416 |
| MSN: | 26677/15232 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rantoul-Chanute AFB, IL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Rantoul-Chanute AFB, IL (KTIP) |
The C-47 transport plane was approaching Chanute Air Force Base in heavy ground fog when it contacted the side of an empty barrack. It then crashed into another barrack.
Sources:
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Oct 25, 1948
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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