Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 JUN 1957 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DL |
| Operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | KP6 |
| C/n / msn: | 20884 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Albertville Airport (FMI) (Congo (Democratic Republic)) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Albertville Airport (FMI/FZRF), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
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The C-47B crashed on takeoff from Albertville (now) Kalemie. A propeller separated and sliced through the fuselage, killing the flight engineer. The airplane caught fire.
Sources:
» Belgian Military Aircraft Database / Belgian Aviation History Association (BAHA)
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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.
