Date:	Saturday 1 February 1947
Time:	19:15
Type:	Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3C)
Owner/operator:	Air France
Registration:	F-BAXQ
MSN:	25251/13806
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 16
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	21 km W of Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS) -   Portugal
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD/LFBD)
Destination airport:	Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT)

Narrative:
Flew into the Serra de Sintra while approaching Lisbon in bad weather.
The airplane operated on a flight from Paris to Lisbon via Bordeaux.

Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 45)
Douglas DC-3 Production List (Issue no. 28)

photo (c) LEONARD Eugène; near Lisbon; February 1947

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