ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337668
Date: | Wednesday 19 September 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG538 |
MSN: | 13021 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) -
India
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC) |
Narrative:One of the engines caught fire and the crew feathered the propeller. During the attempted landing at Calcutta the Dakota overshot the runway and struck a water tank.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Location
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