| 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: | ? |
| ? |
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:
» dhc-3archive.com» La Stampa 26 July 1957, p7
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