ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335372
| Date: | Thursday 23 April 1953 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17196 |
| MSN: | 43357 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km SW off Point Loma, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Diego-North Island NAS, CA (NZY/KNZY) |
| Alameda NAS, CA (NGZ/KNGZ) |
Crashed in sea a few minutes after taking off at night. The three crew and two passengers were on a flight from El Centro, California to Alameda NAS with a routine stop at North Island NAS.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
El Litoral 24 April 1953, p1
San Bernardino Sun 25 April 1953, p1
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