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Date: | Wednesday 25 October 1978 |
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Type: | Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
Registration: | ET-AGQ |
MSN: | 12278 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Degahbur Airport (DGC) -
Ethiopia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Degahbur Airport (DGC/HADB) |
Narrative:Feeling a sudden wind gust on touchdown, the captain took over control from the co-pilot. The aircraft failed to decelerate and was ground looped to the right. The left main gear collapsed when it struck a drainage ditch.
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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Ashford-Lympne Airport (LYM); July 1974
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