Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Indochina. Occupant fate remains unknown.

The accident took place while the aircraft was approaching to land at Mergui Airstrip on Runway 01 on a schedule Rangoon - Tavoy - Mergui flight with 15 passengers and 3 crew. The port wing of the aircraft hit trees on its final approach and the aircraft landed heavily about 820 feet from the threshold of the runway. On impact with the ground, the starboard engine became detached from the aircraft and the aircraft ran along on its port wheels and starboard propeller approximately 270 feet and finally came to rest about 475 feet from the threshold and approximately 50 feet from the edge of the runway. Fire broke out on the starboard side, possibly due to severed fuel lines and electrical short circuits. The fire consumed the forward portion of the aircraft up to the main rear entrance door. The wings sustained damage but were not consumed by the fire. The crew and passengers were safely evacuated although two of the passengers sustained minor injuries. The fire fighting equipment at the aerodrome was totally inadequate and the local fire brigade with its 400 gallons of plain water could not save the aircraft.

Shortly after takeoff from Jinhae AFB, the aircraft went out of control and crashed 4,5 km from the airfield, killing all 14 occupants.

While descending to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in limited visibility due to heavy fog, the crew was instructed by ATC to divert to Isfahan Airport. The pilot-in-command abandoned the approach and modified his route, while confirming to ATC that his fuel reserves were insufficient to cover the distance. Few minutes later, the crew informed ATC that he was short of fuel and elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a field located about 7 km from Mehrabad Airport. Rescuers arrived on scene two hours later and were able to evacuate two passengers who were seriously injured, all 27 other occupants have been killed.

The crew taxied onto the active runway when a USAF Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star registered 49-0722 collided with the Dakota while taking off from the same runway. Both aircraft were destroyed and all 13 occupants on board the Dakota were killed. There were five crew members, six wounded US soldiers who should be transferred to a hospital and two doctors on board.

Inbound from Korea, the crew was descending to Tachikawa AFB when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Tokyo Bay. The aircraft was lost and all four crew members were rescued.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area located 30 km north of Guercif.

While overflying a mountainous area located south of Wells, the crew encountered extreme turbulences and severe downdrafts. The aircraft lost height and eventually hit the east slope of Mt East Humbold, about 13 miles southwest of Wells. All six occupants were killed.

While cruising in marginal weather conditions on a flight from Offutt AFB to March AFB, the airplane hit the slope of Mt San Gorgonio located about 29 miles northeast of March AFB. The wreckage was spotted few hours later and all 13 occupants have been killed. Four days later, a US Marine Corps' Sikorsky crashed in the same area while taking part to the rescue operations, killing two of its three crew members.

Crash landed.