Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 15, 1946, Yangon...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 15, 1946 near Yangon Yangon Region, Myanmar with no fatalities. Cause: Tyre burst on landing..
- Date: March 15, 1946
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Yangon Yangon Region, Myanmar
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Tyre burst on landing.
A RAF Dakota suffered a tyre burst on touchdown at Yangon on 15 March 1946. The skidding aircraft then lost an undercarriage leg, left the runway and came to rest. No one was injured, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.