Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing while on a delivery flight at Gusau, Nigeria.
The aircraft encountered severe storms en route. The crew lost all navigational and wireless aids and it was decided to perform a wheels up forced landing
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 19 August 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG789 |
| MSN: | 25466/14021 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Gusau ( Nigeria)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA), Ghana |
| Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN), Nigeria |
Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing while on a delivery flight at Gusau, Nigeria.
The aircraft encountered severe storms en route. The crew lost all navigational and wireless aids and it was decided to perform a wheels up forced landing
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Air Force, Volume 44, No.19, Oct. 10, 2002» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Accra-Kotoka Airport to Kano International Airport as the crow flies is 1187 km (742 miles).
Distance from Accra-Kotoka Airport to Kano International Airport as the crow flies is 1187 km (742 miles).
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