Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 25 July 1957 |
Time: | 15:45 |
Type: |  de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter (DHC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army |
Registration: | 55-3326 |
MSN: | 198 |
First flight: | 1957 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | San Giorgio di Brunico ( Italy)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Otter was damaged beyond repair in an accident during take-off from a short mountain strip in the Italian Alps northeast of Bolzano during a field exercise.
Sources:
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dhc-3archive.com» La Stampa 26 July 1957, p7
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.