Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 07 SEP 1949 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | KN536 |
| Werknummer: | 16359/33107 |
| Baujahr: | 1945 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | N of Taiping (Malaysia) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | ? |
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The Dakota C.4 was operating on a SAR mission looking for a missing Spitfire plane. It entered a narrow valley but the pilot was unable to climb out of it. The airplane flew into high grounds and crashed.
Informationsquelle:
» BAAA-ACRO
» 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.
