Date:	Wednesday 7 September 1949
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN536
MSN:	33107/16359
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	N of Taiping -   Malaysia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Dakota C.4 was operating on a SAR mission looking for a missing Spitfire plane. It entered a narrow valley but the pilot was unable to climb out of it. The airplane flew into high grounds and crashed.

BAAA-ACRO
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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