ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330983
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 October 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | National Airways |
| Registration: | ZS-DKR |
| MSN: | 33408/16660 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Germiston -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Johannesburg/Germiston-Rand Airport (QRA/FAGM) |
Shortly after takeoff, the no. 1 engine failed. After feathering the prop, the crew tried to return to the airport. The DC-3 crashed 2 km from the airport.
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