Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAR 1957 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-40-DK |
| Operator: | Union of Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-ADB |
| C/n / msn: | 16769/33517 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Loikaw Airport (LIW) (Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Loikaw Airport (LIW/VYLK), Myanmar |
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Collision with an obstruction on take-off caused the aircraft to crash. The DC-3 caught fire and was damaged beyond repair.
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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.
