Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
Status:
Date:25 JUL 1946
Type:Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota C.4
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: KN585
C/n / msn: 16471/33219
First flight: 1945
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Total:Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:40 km (25 mls) NE of Bassein (Myanmar)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bassein Airport (BSX), Myanmar
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A failure of the left wing after the plane entered a cumulo-nimbus cloud, caused the plane to crash into a swamp.

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.
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