Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 JUL 1949 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-25-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN303 |
| C/n / msn: | 15808/32556 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| 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: | Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP) (Singapore)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Dakota caught fire on the ground due to a short circuit.
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.
