ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333798
| Date: | Friday 15 April 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas VC-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49271 |
| MSN: | 26532/15087 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km SE of Marburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Værløse Air Base (EKVL) |
| Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU) |
The plane was struck by lightning. The cockpit windscreen broke and the aircraft lost power. All four occupants jumped from the plane by parachute and survived. The VC-47D crashed into a forest.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
fliegerschicksale.de.tl
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