Date: | Saturday 6 May 1944 |
Time: | 23:43 |
Type: | Lockheed C-60A-1-LO Lodestar |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-55857 |
MSN: | 18-2230 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 11 km W of Elmira, NY -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Huntington-Tri-State Airport, WV (HTS/KHTS) |
Destination airport: | Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
Narrative:The C-60 took off from Huntington on a navigation training flight. The crew became lost in poor weather. Air traffic control at Elmira, NY guided the crew to Chemung County Airport where they received clearance to land.
However, they failed to find the runway during two attempted approaches. The pilot performed a go around after the second attempt to land. He made a left turn, keeping the airfield in sight. The airplane flew into the side of a cloud-shrouded hill.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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