Austin-del Valle - Austin-del Valle

On January 21, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Austin-del Valle - Austin-del Valle experienced a crash involving Douglas C-49 (DC-3), operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Austin-Bergstrom Texas.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

Crew on board: 0, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the crew encountered technical problems with one or more engine and attempted to make an emergency landing 31 miles northwest of Austin-del Valle AFB. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair but there were no casualties. Austin-del Valle AFB was renamed Bergström AFB two months later.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42-56614, MSN 1948, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.1935°, -97.6650°.