Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 FEB 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KK208 |
| C/n / msn: | 15542/26987 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) W of Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN) (Myanmar) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar |
| ? |
The crew simulated an engine failure. Erroneously the wrong propeller was feathered . The aircraft lost height and belly landed.
Events:
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
