Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 OCT 1981 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AHR |
| C/n / msn: | 13311 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 26381 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dessie-Kombolcha Airport (DSE) (Ethiopia) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Dessie-Combolcha Airport (DSE/HADC), Ethiopia |
Main gear collapsed. The aircraft was destroyed later (december 1981) when being struck by a crashing Mil Mi-24 helicopter.
Sources:
» Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
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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.
