Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 MAR 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-15-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KK122 |
| C/n / msn: | 15131/26576 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | L'isola di Ischia (Italy)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cairo (unknown airport), Egypt |
| Roma (unknown airport), Italy |
Poor visibility over the island of Ischia caused the Dakota C.4 to fly into a hill.
Events:
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Mar 10, 1947
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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.
