Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 25, 1946, Hmawbi...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 25, 1946 near Hmawbi AFB Yangon Region, Myanmar with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure after...
- Date: January 25, 1946
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Hmawbi AFB Yangon Region, Myanmar
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine failure after touchdown.
After touchdown at Hmawbi, an engine failed and the C 47 could not stop within the remaining runway. It ran off the far end, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in a ditch. No one was hurt, but the aircraft was written off.