Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JUN 1954 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN647 |
| C/n / msn: | 16590/33338 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) from Nairobi (Kenya) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport (HKRE), Kenya |
The aircraft was descending for Nairobi when it flew into a hill at night.
Events:
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.
