Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 31, 1946 (5 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 31, 1946 near Charleston-Intl South Carolina, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: Flew too low on...
- Date: December 31, 1946
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Charleston-Intl South Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Flew too low on approach and struck treetops short of the runway.
An Intercontinental Air Transport Douglas C 47 with five crew aboard was ferried from Newark to Charleston. It flew too low on approach and struck treetops short of the runway, and all five people on board were killed.