N93043 (Douglas C-47A) — accident record & aircraft history

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on October 17, 1955.

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 2001 to November 2001 — 1,242 flights. Last reported flight: November 30, 2001, Trans World Airlines, STL → DEN.

Not reported in scheduled US service since November 2001 (data through July 2026).

Carrier	First	Last	Flights
Trans World Airlines TW	January 2001	November 2001	1,242

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

Safety history

April 9, 1952Accident
En route from Tokyo to Osaka, while cruising about 100 km south of Tokyo in marginal weather conditions, the airplane christened 'Mokusei' (Jupiter) hit the slope of the Mt Mihara (volcano) located on the Oshima Island. The wreckage was found few hours later and all 37 occupants have been killed.
Martin 202 · 37 fatalities
Although the Japanese government aircraft accident investigation committee conducted a thorough investigation, it encountered some difficulty because of the rejection by the Occupation authorities of a request from the committee to provide a tape recording of instructions to the distressed aircraft from the Haneda Airport control tower. Full accident record