ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334883
| Date: | Saturday 28 May 1955 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48479 |
| MSN: | 25740/14295 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Deftinge -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) |
| København-Kastrup Airport (CPH/EKCH) |
The C-47D transport plane was en route over Belgium when it experienced problems with one of the engines. When the engine failed, the aircraft began to lose altitude. Four crew members bailed out, landing in the vicinity of Overboelare.
The captain remained on board and steered the airplane for a forced landing. The aircraft touched trees and spun into a farm field at the Ottergemstraat of Deftinge, near Geraardsbergen.
The tail section broke off and the aircraft lost an engine in the accident sequence.
Sources:
C-47 te Deftinge / bahavzw.be
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