ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334093
| Date: | Sunday 4 January 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada UC-1 Otter (DHC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 144673 |
| MSN: | 163 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marble Point -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marble Point |
The Otter was part of Operation Deep Freeze IV in Antarctica. As the aircraft departed the Marble Point runway it made a very steep left turn and the left wing hit a small knoll. The aircraft cart-wheeled and crashed.
Sources:
www.VAQ34.com
Correio da Manhã 7 January 1959, p11
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