Accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain T-18,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336835
 

Date:Friday 28 November 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA
Registration: T-18
MSN: 20406
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA (BHI) -   Argentina
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Airport, BA (BHI/SAZB)
Narrative:
Collided with obstacles during landing causing the landing gear to collapse. Both propellers, engines fairings and accessories were damaged.
The airplane was not repaired and withdrawn from use in October 1948. The fuselage was used to repair another C-47, T-17, that had been involved in an accident.

Sources:

Argentine Fleet History
La Aventura de Volar / Brig.My. Rubén O. Palazzi, Biblioteca Nacional de Aeronáutica - 2003 Argentina

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