Greenville - Greenville

On December 16, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Greenville - Greenville experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-82 Packet, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Donaldson AFB-Donaldson Center Airport (Greenville) South Carolina.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 57.1%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was performing a local training flight in Greenville-Donaldson Airport. In flight, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the captain elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed in flames in a field located three miles south of the airport. The aircraft was partially destroyed by fire and four crew members were killed as three others were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-23042, MSN 10086, year of manufacture 1944.