Date: | Friday 25 October 1968 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | KLM Aerocarto |
Registration: | PH-DAA |
MSN: | 11855 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tafelberg -
Suriname
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Engine problems during a surveillance flight over the Surinam jungle forced the crew to shut it down and feather the prop. The crew then descended from 10000 feet for a an altitude of better single-engine performance. The aircraft descended faster and further then necessary and collided with the Tafelberg mountain, which was shrouded by a layer of clouds.
Sources:
Airnieuws 306 (p. 77)
Location
Images:
photo (c) A. de Kogel; Tafelberg; 25 October 1968
photo (c) A. de Kogel; Tafelberg; 25 October 1968
photo (c) A. de Kogel; Tafelberg; 25 October 1968
photo (c) A. de Kogel; Tafelberg; 25 October 1968
photo (c) A. de Kogel; Tafelberg; 25 October 1968
photo (c) Jan Bekker; Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)
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