Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 JUL 1995 |
| Time: | 12:44 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Operator: | Royal Malaysian Air Force - RMAF |
| Registration: | M21-13 |
| C/n / msn: | 281 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 2 km off Labuan Airport (LBU) (Malaysia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Labuan Airport (LBU/WBKL), Malaysia |
| Labuan Airport (LBU/WBKL), Malaysia |
The DHC-4 Caribou operated on a training flight when one of the engines caught fire. The pilot ditched the plane off Labuan.
Events:
Sources:
» DeHavilland Caribou Roster
» Scramble 197(66)
» New Straits Times - Aug 3, 1995
» New Straits Times - Aug 1, 1995
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Map
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 Labuan Airport to Labuan Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Labuan Airport to Labuan 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.
