Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 JAN 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-15-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KK154 |
| C/n / msn: | 15293/26738 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Blakehill Farm (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Blakehill Farm RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| ? |
The crew were practicing an engine failure on takeoff. Erroneously the propeller of the wrong engine was feathered. A forced landing was carried out near RAF Blakehill Farm.
Events:
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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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.
