Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 NOV 1963 |
| Time: | 11:33 UTC |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Air Lines |
| Registration: | ET-AAT |
| C/n / msn: | 13483 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18245 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Addis Ababa Airport (Ethiopia) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport (HAAL), Ethiopia |
| Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport (HAAL), Ethiopia |
The DC-3 banked to the left on takeoff and swerved off the runway. The aircraft was on a testflight following overhaul and it appeared that the aileron cables were cross-connected.
Sources:
» Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport to Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport to Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
