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| Date: | Tuesday 3 July 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Czechoslovak Air Force |
| Registration: | D-13 |
| MSN: | 26447/15002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Lom -
 Slovakia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pardubice Airport (PED/LKPD) |
| Preov Airport (POV/LZPW) |
A Douglas C-47B transport plane of the Czechoslovak Air Force operated on a flight from Pardubice to Preov. While en route at 3000 m the airplane entered a storm in the vicinity of Zvolen. Wings and the elevator were damaged in the storm, leading to a loss of control by the pilot. All 21 on board were killed in the accident.
Sources:
Czech accidents web site
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