Military

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Registration:

KP237

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Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

16791/33539

YOM:

1945

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The aircraft was on its way to Char Chapli to evacuate the crew of a local radar station. On landing on a beach, the aircraft sank and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was abandoned.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X into the Irish Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1946

Type of aircraft:

Vickers 440 Wellington X

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Registration:

LP764

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Londonderry – Andreas

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Enroute from Londonderry to RAF Andreas, while overflying the Irish Sea, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea. Both crew members were killed.

Crash of a DDouglas C-47 Dakota IV off Malaysia: 18 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1946

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Registration:

KJ918

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

14641/26086

YOM:

1944

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Lost without trace off the Malaysian coast while performing a liaison flight with 18 people on board.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-20-DK Dakota IV in Semarang

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1946

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Operator:

Registration:

KN226

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Flight Type:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

MSN:

15649/27094

YOM:

1945

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On final approach, the wind direction suddenly changed and the aircraft overshot and landed too long down the runway. After touchdown, the crew realized it was impossible to stop within the remaining distance and decided to raise the undercarriage. The aircraft slid on its belly, overran and came to rest into a ditch. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Lockheed 10E Electra in Barrackpore

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1946

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed 10 Electra

Operator:

Registration:

AX700

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Flight Type:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

MSN:

1139

YOM:

1937

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Crashed on approach to Barrackpore.

Crash of a Douglas C-54D-15-DC Skymaster on Taboga Island: 23 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1946 at 1030 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-54 Skymaster

Operator:

Registration:

43-17231

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Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

West Palm Beach - Albrook

MSN:

22181

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Captain / Total flying hours:

1335

Captain / Total hours on type:

543.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

1312

Copilot / Total hours on type:

393

Circumstances:

The crew was performing a flight from West Palm Beach to Albrook AFB, Panama City. Following an uneventful flight, the pilot started the descent from the south when the ATC instructed the crew to maintain a minimum safe altitude of 1,000 feet on approach. The four engine aircraft hit the slope of a shrouded mountain located on Taboga Island, about 15 km south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all 23 occupants were killed, among them one civilian.
Source: http://www.canalzonestudygroup.com/Issue133.pdf

Probable cause:

It is the opinion of the members of the Investigating Board that the pilot sighted Otoque Island and mistook it for Taboga and that he was in the vicinity of Otoque Island when he gave his estimated position of 15 miles southeast of the field. It is furtherbelieved that when the pilot called the tower and gave his estimated position as 5 miles south of field and at 1,000 feet on instruments that he thought he was past Taboga Island, approaching Albrook Field, and that by dropping down a little he would be contact again. Actually the estimated distance of 10 miles traveled would place him over Taboga from Otoque. The pilot, Captain Lawrence W. Parks, filed an instrument flight plan from Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, to Albrook Field, without holding a currently effective Instrument Pilot Certificate. AAF Form 8 (white) or AAF Form 8A (green) in violation of AAF Regulation 60-16A. The weather on Taboga Island at the time of the crash was reported as a ceiling of approximately 750 feet above sea level, with a visibility of 15 miles. The top 250 feet of Taboga was covered with clouds and the visibility was 1/16 mile with light drizzle.

Crash of a Douglas C-47 Dakota III near Abeokuta: 23 killed

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1946 at 1315 LT

Type of aircraft:

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Registration:

KG747

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Flight

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