ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) 43-48298 Charleston, WV
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Date:Sunday 8 April 1951
Time:11:56
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3)
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 43-48298
MSN: 25559/14114
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Total:Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:13 km (8.1 mls) NE of Charleston, WV (   United States of America)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Louisville-Godman AFB, KY, United States of America
Destination airport:Charleston-Kanawha County Airport, WV (CRW/KCRW), United States of America
Narrative:
Flew into the side of a tree-covered hill and caught fire. The C-47 was on an ADF instrument approach to runway 23 of the Charleston-Kanawha County Airport, WV (CRW).

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999


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Douglas DC-3

  • ca 13.000 built
  • 2941st loss
  • 1034th fatal accident
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