ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335419
Date: | Friday 6 February 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Klu (Royal Netherl. Air Force) |
Registration: | X-1 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Valkenburg Air Base (LID) -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Valkenburg Air Base (LID/EHVB) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Douglas C-47 transport plane sustained substantial damage when it crash-landed gear-up shortly after takeoff from Valkenburg Air Base, the Netherlands.
Both propellers separated from the engines with the no. 1 prop penetrating the left hand flight deck.
The airplane probably stalled a result of icing on the wings.
Sources:
defensie.nl
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