Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 25 JUL 1946 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | KN585 |
| Werknummer: | 16471/33219 |
| Baujahr: | 1945 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 18 / Insassen: 18 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 22 / Insassen: 22 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 40 km (25 Meilen) NE of Bassein (Myanmar) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Bassein Airport (BSX), Myanmar |
| ? |
A failure of the left wing after the plane entered a cumulo-nimbus cloud, caused the plane to crash into a swamp.
Informationsquelle:
» 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.
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