Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 13 January 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-53D Skytrooper (DC-3)
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 42-68728
Location: Grindonÿ – ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft structureAircraft structure
Category: Accident
A structural failure resulted in a crash of an aircraft.A structural failure resulted in a crash of an aircraft.

Description

Structural failure; crashed.

Source of Information

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asphttp://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp

Primary Cause

Structural failureStructural failure

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