Date: | Saturday 27 January 1962 |
Time: | 11:46 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter (DHC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army |
Registration: | 55-3317 |
MSN: | 182 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1807 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 500 km SE of Teheran -
Iran
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
Destination airport: | Dezful Airport (OIAD) |
Narrative:The Otter crashed in the Zagros mountains in Iran at an altitude of 3,600 meters and came to rest inverted in deep snow. None of the five on board were killed, although all received some injuries.
Three occupants died due to hypothermia. Two were rescued with frostbites after a few days.
Sources:
dhc-3archive.com Passauer Neue Presse 29 January 1962, p3
Passauer Neue Presse 2 Feb. 1962, p9
Passauer Neue Presse 3 Feb. 1962, p3
Passauer Neue Presse 5 Feb. 1962, p3
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