Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 FEB 1947 |
| Time: | ca 13:43 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-60-DL |
| Operator: | CSA Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie |
| Registration: | OK-XDU |
| C/n / msn: | 13802 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Kladno (Czech Republic) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic |
| Cakovice, Czech Republic |
Crashed shortly after takeoff. Inefficient maintenance on the plane was blamed. This led to a crew strike until 18 Feb. 1947.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium pt. 67
» Air Britain Casualty compendium pt. 48
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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.
