Fairchild C-82

Fairchild C-82 package
Fairchild C-82 package
Type:	Transport plane
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Fairchild
First flight:	September 10, 1944
Commissioning:	1945
Production time:	1944-1948
Number of pieces:	223

The Fairchild C-82 Packet was a twin-engine transport aircraft that was used by the United States Army Air Forces after World War II. It was developed by Fairchild and first flew in 1944. A total of 223 units were built. Most of them were used for troop and material transport, some were used for parachutists and as towing machines for gliders .

This type of aircraft is the predecessor of the C-119 Flying Boxcar . Some C-82 transport aircraft were used during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.

The C-82 was used in the 1965 movie The Flight of the Phoenix .

Military users

•  Brazil
•  Honduras
•  United States
  • United States Army Air Forces
  • United States Air Force

Incidents

From 1946 to April 2017 there were 51 total losses of the C-82. 100 people were killed. Examples:

• On December 14, 1948, a United States Air Force Fairchild C-82A (registration number 45-57785 ) had a landing accident at Berlin-Tempelhof Airport due to mechanical failure during the Berlin Airlift. The crew survived the accident, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

• On November 22, 1950, a C-82A packet crashed at Neubiberg airfield . The machine (registration number 45-57743) was destroyed.

• On January 20, 1951, a United States Air Force C-82A package (registration number 45-57781 ) crashed while taking off from the Damascus-Mezzeh Air Base, Syria, and was irreparably damaged.

• On June 3, 1951, a United States Air Force C-82A-FA packet (license number 45-57761 ) crashed on pastureland near New Boston , Texas , USA and caught fire. All ten inmates died.

• On August 16, 1951, a United States Air Force C-82A packet (registration number 45-57796 ) caught fire and was destroyed at Rhein-Main Air Base (Frankfurt Airport) . People were not harmed.

• On November 13, 1951, a United States Air Force C-82A packet (registration number 45-57801 ) was flown into a mountain 30 kilometers southwest of Clermont-Ferrand (France) en route from Frankfurt Airport to Bordeaux . All 36 occupants were killed by this CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain .

• On January 28, 1952, a C-82A package of the United States Air Force (license number 45-57791 ) launched at the neighboring Frankfurt Airport crashed over the then still sparsely populated southern part of Raunheim . In the accident, three people lost their lives on the ground. The five-man crew had previously saved themselves by parachute (see also the plane crash in Raunheim ).

• On January 11, 1958, a C-82A package of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CEH) had an accident on a training flight at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport ( Brazil ). With blind flight covers on the windshields, the machine flew too low, collided with a barrier and crashed into Guanabara Bay . All three crew members, the only occupants, survived.

• On January 16, 1958, the left engine of the C-82 Packet PP-CEF of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul caught fire after take-off. The machine crashed near its take-off airport, Belem -Val-de-Cans. All three crew members were killed.

• On January 26, 1960, a wing of a C-82A Packet of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CEM) collided with a parked Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (ZP-CAD. ) While taxiing at Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport , ( Brazil ) ) of ALAS Guaranies SA. People were not harmed. Both planes were damaged beyond repair.

production

The C-82 was built almost exclusively at Fairchild in Hagerstown, only in 1945 North American produced three copies in Dallas.

Acceptance of the C-82 by the USAF 1945–1948:

year	1945	1946	1947	1948	TOTAL
C-82	4th				4th
C-82A	8th	79	81	51	219
TOTAL	12	79	81	51	223

Technical specifications

A US Air Force C-82

Parameter	Data
Type	Transport plane
Drive type	2 radial engines
Engine type	Pratt & Whitney R- 2800-85
Performance per TW	1567 kW / 2101 hp
speed	400 km / h / 216 kts
Empty mass	12,045 kg / 26,555 lbs
Max. Takeoff mass	24,545 kg / 54,112 lbs
span	32.47 m / 106.5 ft
length	23.50 m / 077.1 ft
height	08.03 m / 026.4 ft
Total production	223 pieces
crew	up to 5
Passengers	up to 41

literature

• Frederick G. Swanborough, Peter M. Bowers : United States Military Aircraft since 1909. Putnam, London 1963.

Web links

Commons : Fairchild C-82 Packet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• USAF National Museum: C-82 Packet

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Accident statistics Fairchild C-82 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 15, 2017.
2. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 45-57785 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 5, 2019.
3. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 45-57743 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 15, 2017.
4. ↑ Joe Baugher: USAF serials , accessed May 15, 2017.
5. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 45-57781 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 27, 2017.
6. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 45-57761 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 27, 2017.
7. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 45-57796 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 27, 2017.
8. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 45-57801 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 10, 2019.
9. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 45-57791 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 27, 2016.
10. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 PP-CEH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020.
11. ^ Accident report Fairchild C-82 PP-CEF , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 2, 2015.
12. ↑ Accident report Fairchild C-82 PP-CEM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2020.
13. ↑ Statistical Digest of the USAF 1946, p. 94; 1947, p. 118; 1948, p. 16