Narrative:
On base turn to runway 07, with one propeller feathered, the aircraft descended fast. Attempts to relit the engine failed, and the DC-3 struck the roof of a house and crashed in the compound of another house.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 18 March 1980 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AGM |
| MSN: | 20874 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 26021 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD) ( Ethiopia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB), Ethiopia |
| Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB), Ethiopia |
On base turn to runway 07, with one propeller feathered, the aircraft descended fast. Attempts to relit the engine failed, and the DC-3 struck the roof of a house and crashed in the compound of another house.
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