| Date: | Wednesday 25 October 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AGQ |
| MSN: | 12278 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Degahbur Airport (DGC) -
 Ethiopia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Degahbur Airport (DGC/HADB) |
Feeling a sudden wind gust on touchdown, the captain took over control from the co-pilot. The aircraft failed to decelerate and was ground looped to the right. The left main gear collapsed when it struck a drainage ditch.
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Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Ashford-Lympne Airport (LYM); July 1974
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