Loss of control Accident Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) DO-10,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328771
 

Date:Tuesday 3 October 1978
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Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Suomen Ilmavoimat
Registration: DO-10
MSN: 12050
Year of manufacture:1943
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:ca 1 km W off Kuopio Airport (KUO) -   Finland
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kuopio Airport (KUO/EFKU)
Destination airport:Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL/EFHK)
Narrative:
Soon after takeoff one of engines stalled due to a damaged #5 cylinder exhaust mechanism. The pilot attempted to return to Kuopio (KUO). He turned on the stalled engine side but the airplane lost control and crashed in Lake Juurusvesi.

Sources:

E-mail from Juha Kostermaa 14-8-2006

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photo (c) Tommy Lakmaker, via Werner Fischdick; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN); September 1974

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