Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair in an accident when a main gear leg broke when the ski ran into a crevasse on the Greenland ice cap.
» Tidsskriftet Grønland 1993-4, p.216
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 14 April 1955 |
| Type: |  Douglas SC-47D (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48765 |
| MSN: | 26026/14581 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 56 km (35 mls) SE of Narsarsuaq Airport (UAK) ( Greenland)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Damaged beyond repair in an accident when a main gear leg broke when the ski ran into a crevasse on the Greenland ice cap.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Tidsskriftet Grønland 1993-4, p.216
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