ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) ET-AGU Oborso
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Date:Friday 20 April 1979
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Ethiopian Airlines
Registration: ET-AGU
MSN: 13026
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Oborso (   Ethiopia)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Oborso, Ethiopia
Narrative:
While on finals, the C-47A struck stones marking the runway 11 threshold. During the landing roll the right hand gear collapsed. The aircraft was repaired and was damaged beyond repair in an accident five months later.

Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap

Sources:
» Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988


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