Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 APR 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas R4D-2 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Mercury Aviation Services |
| Registration: | ZS-BNB |
| C/n / msn: | 4098 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) S of Malakal (South Sudan) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Damaged beyond repair in forced landing following engine problems.
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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.
