Date: | Wednesday 1 July 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
Registration: | GA+1.. |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST) -
Turkey
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-47B transport plane was damaged when the left engine disintegrated in flight. A propeller blade punctured the fuselage.
A safe emergency landing was carried out at Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST), Turkey.
The aircraft transported supplies for the JBG33 in the context of a NATO exercise.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 27.8.1959, p2
Milliyet Gazete Arsivi 2 July 1959, p1
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