Date: | Monday 21 July 1947 |
Time: | 10:15 |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-1-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
Registration: | T-44 |
MSN: | 7463 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 19 |
Other fatalities: | 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | El Palomar, BA -
Argentina
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | El Palomar Airport, BA (EPA/SADP) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-54 could not gain altitude on takeoff. It ran trough a crowd of spectators, crossed a railroad and caught fire.
The airplane was to join a flight of some 200 other aircraft over the capital in celebration of the birthday of Jose San Martin.
Sources:
El Orden 22 July 1947, p1 Raczynski, Esteban (2006) DC-4 - Los Clásicos en los Cielos del Cono Sur
Aeromilitaria Berkshire Evening Eagle, 1947-07-22
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