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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-75-DL in Køge

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1946 at 1900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
42-100915
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bremen - Stockholm
MSN:
19378
YOM:
1944
Location:
Køge
Sjælland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew left Bremen Airport at the end of the afternoon to deliver the aircraft to Aero O/Y in Finland, with an intermediate stop in Stockholm-Bromma. While overflying Denmark, the crew encountered a fuel exhaustion and was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a snow field located 1,600 meters south of Køge. On touchdown, the aircraft overturned and came to rest upside down. While all three crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was written off.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3A in Køge: 22 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Douglas DC-3
Operator:
Registration:
F-BAOB
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Copenhagen – Paris
MSN:
11714
YOM:
1943
Location:
Køge
Sjælland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
17
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
22
Circumstances:
Few minutes after its departure from Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, while climbing, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Køge, about 35 km southwest of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all 22 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Jean Faucher, pilot,
Pierre Pabiot, copilot,
Pierre Le bail, radio navigator,
Maurice Roger, mechanic,
Mrs Deschamps, stewardess.
Probable cause:
It appears that the loss of control was caused by the failure of an engine.
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