ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) ET-AHR Dessie-Combolcha Airport (DSE)
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Date:Wednesday 7 October 1981
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Ethiopian Airlines
Registration: ET-AHR
MSN: 13311
First flight: 1944
Total airframe hrs:26381
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Dessie-Combolcha Airport (DSE) (   Ethiopia)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Dessie-Combolcha Airport (DSE/HADC), Ethiopia
Narrative:
Main gear collapsed. The aircraft was destroyed later (December 1981) when being struck by a crashing Mil Mi-24 helicopter.

Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap

Sources:
» Bringing Africa together / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988


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