Narrative:
The Dakota IV crashed into the side of Ben Talaidh, at 2,300ft some 200ft below the summit, the pilot having become disorientated by low cloud and heavy snow. KK194 was on a delivery flight from Montreal, refuelling at Reykjavik, bound for Prestwick.
» Air Crash Sites-Scotland
» Peak District Air Accident Research (peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 1 February 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KK194 |
| MSN: | 26970/15525 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Ben Talaidh, Mull ( United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Keflavík-Meeks Field (KEF/BIKF), Iceland |
| Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK), United Kingdom |
The Dakota IV crashed into the side of Ben Talaidh, at 2,300ft some 200ft below the summit, the pilot having become disorientated by low cloud and heavy snow. KK194 was on a delivery flight from Montreal, refuelling at Reykjavik, bound for Prestwick.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Air Crash Sites-Scotland
» Peak District Air Accident Research (peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Keflavík-Meeks Field to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport as the crow flies is 1362 km (851 miles).
Distance from Keflavík-Meeks Field to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport as the crow flies is 1362 km (851 miles).
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