| Date: | Saturday 30 November 1963 |
| Time: | 11:33 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Air Lines |
| Registration: | ET-AAT |
| MSN: | 13483 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18245 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport -
 Ethiopia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport (HAAL) |
| Addis Ababa-Lideta Airport (HAAL) |
The DC-3 banked to the left on takeoff and swerved off the runway. The aircraft was on a test flight following overhaul and it appeared that the aileron cables were cross-connected.
Sources:
Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
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