Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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99844

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Military

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Cam Ranh Bay – Saigon

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16519/33267

YOM:

1945

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Crash in unknown circumstances near Phan Rang while completing an administrative service from Cam Ranh Bay to Saigon. All 25 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Cdr Leo Claude Hester,
Lt Cdr Robert George Kerr,
AN Francis Raymond Ferron,
ADR2 Cecil Leroy Chapman.

Crash of a Douglas RC-47P near Duc Phô: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1967

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Registration:

43-49201

Flight Phase:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Nha Trang - Nha Trang

MSN:

15017/26462

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1944

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While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed on a hilly terrain located 16 km south of Duc Phô. The wreckage was found two days later and all seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj Ivel Doan Freeman,
Maj Leroy Preston Bohrer,
Cpt Roger Paul Richardson,
S/Sgt Prentice Fay Brenton,
T/Sgt Raymond Francis Leftwich,
A1C Chalres Dwayne Land,
A1C Daniel Cortez Reese.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-20-DK in Caravelas

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1967

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Registration:

PP-ASS

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Flight Type:

Test

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Caravelas - Caravelas

MSN:

12985

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1944

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The crew was engaged in a local test flight following a maintenance control. While flying in the vicinity of the airport, the crew encountered technical difficulties and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in a field and was damaged beyond repair. All three crew members escaped uninjured.

Probable cause:

Unknown technical failure in flight.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-1-DK in Danmarkshavn

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1967

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Registration:

TF-ISA

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Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Northeast Greenland National Park

MSN:

12184

YOM:

1943

Location:

Danmarkshavn

Country:

Greenland

Region:

Europe

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Crashed in unknown circumstances. No casualties.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-20-DK in Khartoum: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1967

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Registration:

ST-AAM

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Training

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Khartoum - Khartoum

MSN:

15524/26969

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1944

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The crew was completing a local training flight at Khartoum-Haj Yusuf Airport. Following several circuits and landings, the crew started a new approach to runway 36 with engine at idle. The airplane stalled, struck the roofs of two houses then crashed onto the ground, hit a truck and came to rest, broken in two. Two crew members were killed while two others were injured.

Probable cause:

Due to the lack of conclusive evidence it is not possible to formulate an opinion as to the direct cause of the accident. From the evidence available it is possible that one or more of the following items could have contributed tot the cause of the accident:
- No satisfactory reason has yet been put forward for the initial turn of the aircraft to the port,
- The loss of height after the turn was probably caused by the selection of the flaps from 1/4 position to the 'UP' position,
- From witness' statement it would appear that at some time after the aircraft was starting to re-commence climbing on one or both of the engines 'coughed'. This could have been caused by the inadvertent mishandling of either the throttle and/or mixture control levers by the pilot under training as he left his seat. The possibility also exists that he may have pulled himself up by the ignition master switch, at the same time inadvertently switching 'off' the port ignition switch. (evidence of an explosion in the port exhaust system could have been caused by either of the above events,
- If anything like the possibility mentioned in item 3) did in fact occur it would have been just at the critical time when the Training captain was re-gaining control of the aircraft, and could have presented him with a situation from which it was impossible to recover, bearing in mind the proximity of obstructions and the fact that he was alone in the cockpit.

Crash of a Douglas AC-47D Spooky in Bình Thủy

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1967

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44-76542

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Supply

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MSN:

16126/32874

YOM:

1945

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Bình Thủy

Cần Thơ City District

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Vietnam

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Asia

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After touchdown at Bình Thủy Airfield, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and crashed. All seven crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-40-DK in Aleppo: 8 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1967

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Registration:

YK-ACB

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Aleppo Governorate (محافظة حلب‎)

Schedule:

Damascus - Aleppo

MSN:

16811/33559

YOM:

1945

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Aleppo

Country:

Syria

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Asia

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On final approach to Aleppo-Nejrab Airport, the crew encountered marginal weather. In limited visibility, the aircraft was too low when it struck a building, stalled and crashed few hundred yards short of runway threshold. Eight occupants were killed while 11 others were injured. It was reported that the crew was completing the approaching below the glide.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-1-DK in Lutong

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1967

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Registration:

9M-AMU

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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12006

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1943

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Crashed in unknown circumstances. No casualties.

Crash of a Douglas AC-47D Spooky in Đức Phổ: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1967

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Registration:

43-49124

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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