Date:	Thursday 27 August 1981
Time:	16:12
Type:	Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	RRC Air Services
Registration:	ET-AGX
MSN:	26089/14644
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Dire Dawa Airport (DIR) -   Ethiopia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR/HADR)

Narrative:
The aircraft landed at Dire Dawa Airport (DIR), runway 33, in rain showers and a right cross wind, 050 deg/20 kts gusting 28 kts. After rolling for about 200 m the aircraft veered to the left and left the runway about 1,000 m from the touchdown. The aircraft came to rest 1,450 m from touchdown on the left side of the runway.
The undercarriage collapsed as a result. The airplane was carrying out a flight on behalf of the UN's Ethiopian Relief & Rehabilitation Commission (RRC).

Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
ICAO Adrep

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