ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329544
| Date: | Thursday 11 September 1975 |
| Time: | 07:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-ABX |
| MSN: | 4292 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 23921 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mota -
 Ethiopia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bahar Dar Airport (BJR/HABD) |
| Debre Markos Airport (DBM/HADM) |
The DC-3 was flying VFR at FL115 when scattered clouds were encountered. When breaking through a cloud patch a mountain was seen close ahead. A steep climbing turn was initiated, but the tail struck trees. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed inverted on Choke Mountain.
Sources:
Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
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