Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 21, 1948 (3 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 21, 1948 near Ward Colorado, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Excessive loss of altitude caused...
- Date: January 21, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Ward Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Excessive loss of altitude caused by a downdraft in severe turbulence.
A Civil Aeronautics Administration Douglas C 47 NC206 crashed on Navajo Peak near Ward, Colorado, on 21 January 1948 after a downdraft in severe turbulence. All three people aboard were killed.