Alliance - Alliance

On December 1, 1943 at 11:30 PM, Alliance - Alliance experienced a crash involving Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Hyannis Nebraska.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a night training mission and departed Alliance AAF in the evening. While cruising in low visibility, the pilot made a turn to the right when the aircraft hit a mountain slope and crashed. The aircraft was demolished and all five occupants were killed. The aircraft was completing a right turn at the time of the accident and was in a bank angle of 60 degrees upon impact. Crew: Sgt John N. Darling, 2nd Lt Harold F. Kelly, 2nd Lt Richard P. Murphy, Sgt Abraham Schneider, 1st Lt Roy S. Stanton.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42-15547, MSN 7342, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.0000°, -101.7617°.