Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 NOV 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA |
| Registration: | T-18 |
| C/n / msn: | 20406 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA (BHI) (Argentina) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA (BHI/SAZB), Argentina |
Collided with obstacles during landing causing the landing gear to collapse. Both propellers, engines fairings and accessories were damaged.
The airplane was not repaired and withdrawn from use in October 1948. The fuselage was used to repair another C-47, T-17, that had been involved in an accident.
Sources:
» Argentine Fleet History
» La Aventura de Volar / Brig.My. Rubén O. Palazzi, Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica - 2003 Argentina
Photos
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.
