Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 APR 1959 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 6150 |
| C/n / msn: | 19773 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tagus River (Portugal) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal |
| ? |
Crashed into de river after takeoff from Lisbon airport, during a military exercise to the Portuguese colonies (Himba Exercice)
Sources:
» José Vilhena
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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.
