Narrative:
The Dakota IV struck a snow drift on landing, swung to port and struck a snow bank. There was serious damage to the nose, both engines, engine nacelles, propellers, starboard wing, fuselage, tail wheel and oleo.
The aircraft operated on a flight to RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 23 December 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 986 |
| MSN: | 32681/15933 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR) ( Canada)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK), United Kingdom |
| Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR/CYYR), Canada |
The Dakota IV struck a snow drift on landing, swung to port and struck a snow bank. There was serious damage to the nose, both engines, engine nacelles, propellers, starboard wing, fuselage, tail wheel and oleo.
The aircraft operated on a flight to RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario.
Sources:
» John Bradley» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
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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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport to Goose Bay Airport, NL as the crow flies is 3497 km (2186 miles).
Distance from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport to Goose Bay Airport, NL as the crow flies is 3497 km (2186 miles).
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