Incident Douglas R5D (DC-4) ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214277
 
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Date:Thursday 11 March 1948
Time:night
Type:Douglas R5D (DC-4)
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Donaldsonville, LA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Pensacola, FL
Destination airport:Corpus Christi, TX
Narrative:
Navy transport plane crash-landed and burned on a fog-shrauded auxilliary Point Homaux Field. Two injured. Suffered N°4 engine failure near New Orleans and propeller fell off around 03:15 and attempting a landing on a auxilliary (gras) field outside Donaldsonville. Five crew and 14 passengers.

Sources:

Evening Star 11 March 1948, p1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Aug-2018 19:57 TB Added
09-Aug-2018 19:58 TB Updated [Narrative]
01-Nov-2020 20:51 TB Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative]
02-Nov-2020 15:33 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
06-Nov-2020 21:45 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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