Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 12 January 1943 |
Type: | Douglas C-49G-DO (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | LR235 |
MSN: | 1949 |
First flight: | 1937 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Tezpur Airport (TEZ) ( India)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Tezpur-Salonibari Airport (TEZ/VETZ), India |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The RAF Dakota took-off on a night sortie and lost an engine soon after becoming airborne. The crew shut down fuel supply to the burning engine as the pilot turned back towards Tezpur Airport. A belly landing was made in drizzle and low cloud conditions. The aircraft hit a clump of bamboo which swung the aircraft around.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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rafcommands.com
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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.