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| Date: | Monday 25 February 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada EO-5C (DHC-7-102) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army |
| Registration: | N89068 |
| MSN: | 88 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pyongtaek-Desiderio AAF (RKSG) -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pyongtaek-Desiderio AAF (RKSG) |
| Pyongtaek-Desiderio AAF (RKSG) |
The EO-5C aircraft, assigned to the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade of the U.S. Army, suffered a hard landing at Pyongtaek-Desiderio Army Airfield in South Korea. The right-hand main landing gear collapsed causing propellers on engines no.1 and 2 to be damaged.
The EO-5C is a DHC-7, modified as a low profile intelligence aircraft. It provides day and night, near all-weather, near real-time airborne communications and imagery intelligence collection and designated area surveillance.
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