Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 7 May 1944 |
Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | FL506 |
MSN: | 10024 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Jorhat Airport (JRH) ( India)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Jorhat-Rowriah Airport (JRH/VEJT), India |
Narrative:The Dakota III transport plane hit a train after it skidded off the runway on landing at Jorhat-Rowriah Airport, India.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.