ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336357
| Date: | Tuesday 9 August 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN336 |
| MSN: | 32649/15901 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Salalah Airport (SLL) -
 Oman
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Salalah Airport (SLL/OOSA) |
The Dakota C.4 flew into the ground while approaching Salalah in clouds.
Sources:
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
La Nación (Santiago) 13 August 1949, p10
Location
Images:
photo (c) Tony Restall; Salalah Airport (SLL); 01 March 2006
photo (c) Tony Restall; Salalah Airport (SLL); 01 March 2006
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