Date: | Tuesday 12 January 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-49G-DO (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | LR235 |
MSN: | 1949 |
Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Tezpur Airport (TEZ) -
India
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Tezpur-Salonibari Airport (TEZ/VETZ) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The RAF Dakota took-off on a night sortie and lost an engine soon after becoming airborne. The crew shut down fuel supply to the burning engine as the pilot turned back towards Tezpur Airport. A belly landing was made in drizzle and low cloud conditions. The aircraft hit a clump of bamboo which swung the aircraft around.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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