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| Date: | Wednesday 7 September 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN536 |
| MSN: | 33107/16359 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Taiping -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Dakota C.4 was operating on a SAR mission looking for a missing Spitfire plane. It entered a narrow valley but the pilot was unable to climb out of it. The airplane flew into high grounds and crashed.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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