Date: | Friday 17 October 1986 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
Registration: | A65-114 |
MSN: | 33460/16712 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Edinburgh RAAF Station, SA -
Australia
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Edinburgh RAAF Station, SA (YPED) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft crash-landed following the failure of both engines immediately after taking off from Edinburgh RAAF Base. After the aircraft touched down back on the runway the left landing gear collapsed, damaging the fuselage.
The C-47B never flew again and was donated to the South Australian Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide in 1992.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site Location
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