Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 OCT 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN236 |
| C/n / msn: | 15659/27104 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 61 km (38.1 mls) N of Chitral (Pakistan) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
While circling in a valley, the Dakota C.4 flew into mountains at 12,000 feet.
Events:
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
