Date:	Friday 4 January 1946
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN363
MSN:	32731/15983
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Hainan Island, South China Sea -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A fuel pipe blockage presumably caused both engines to fail. The aircraft was ditched in the South China Sea.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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