Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Nov 5, 1946 (13 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on November 5, 1946 near Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia with 13 fatalities. Cause: Crashed in fog during a...
- Date: November 5, 1946
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Crashed in fog during a go around after about two hours in a holding pattern.
An Aeroflot Douglas C 47B CCCP-L946 flying from Berlin to Riga and Moscow was held over Vnukovo in fog. After a long hold and a go around, it stalled after climbing to about 15 meters and crashed in woods 700 meters short of the threshold, killing 13 of the 26 people on board.