Incident Overview
Date: Monday 24 January 1944
Aircraft Type: Lockheed C-60A-1-LO Lodestar
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 42-32203
Location: 8 km NW of Farmersville, LA –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: C-60 aircraft (navigation system and/or trajectory calculations).C-60 aircraft (navigation system and/or trajectory calculations).
Category: Accident
A total of fourteen trainer aircraft, including C-60s, departed Selman AAF on individual navigation training missions to Hugo, TX and returned. During a flight at approximately 2000 feet altitude, a Lockheed C-60 collided with a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator. Both aircraft crashed, resulting in the deaths of all aboard.A total of fourteen trainer aircraft, including C-60s, departed Selman AAF on individual navigation training missions to Hugo, TX and returned. During a flight at approximately 2000 feet altitude, a Lockheed C-60 collided with a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator. Both aircraft crashed, resulting in the deaths of all aboard.
Description
A total of fourteen trainer aircraft departed Selman AAF on individual navigation training missions to Hugo, TX and return. At an altitude of about 2000 feet the Lockheed C-60 collided with a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator (43-33303). Both aircraft crashed, killing all aboard.
Primary Cause
Mechanical failure ? Specifically, a collision between the C-60 and the Navigator, likely due to a malfunction in the C-60’s navigation system or a miscalculation of the aircraft’s trajectory.Mechanical failure ? Specifically, a collision between the C-60 and the Navigator, likely due to a malfunction in the C-60’s navigation system or a miscalculation of the aircraft’s trajectory.Share on:
