Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 JAN 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KJ858 |
| C/n / msn: | 14352/25797 |
| 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: | 0,8 km (0.5 mls) SW of Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP) (Singapore) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP/WSSL), Singapore |
The Dakota C.4 crash-landed and caught fire after an engine had lost power while the airplane was on approach to Singapore-Seletar Airport.
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.
