ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337154
| Date: | Saturday 9 November 1946 |
| Time: | 17:36 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | CSA Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie |
| Registration: | OK-XDG |
| MSN: | 19535 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dobrovíze -
 Czech Republic
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR) |
The CSA flight departed Amsterdam at 12:05 for a flight to Prague. At 15:36 the aircraft arrived over the Ruzyne beacon and entered a holding pattern at 1700 m altitude. At 16:25 the crew started a descent for the airport. Due to bad weather conditions four missed approaches were carried out. After the fourth approach a Pan Am Lockheed Constellation tried to land, but failed as well and continued to Brussels. In the meantime the C-47 had run out of fuel and force landed in a field. Captain Irving and the flight engineer were injured.
Sources:
Martin Svec
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