ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334926
Date: | Tuesday 15 March 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
Registration: | MM61769 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km from Nairobi -
Kenya
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nairobi (unknown airport) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-53 transport plane returned to Nairobi after the left engine had lost power. The aircraft did not make it back to the airport and the pilots had to make a forced landing. It struck trees and power lines and caught fire.
Sources:
alatricolore.it
El Litoral 16-3-1955 Revision history:
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