Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Feb 1, 1947, Upper He...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on February 1, 1947 near Upper Heyford AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Second engine...
- Date: February 1, 1947
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Upper Heyford AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Second engine inadvertently shut down by the trainee pilot during an engine failure training exercise
RAF Dakota KJ971 was on a training sortie from Upper Heyford when both engines were shut down in flight, first deliberately by the instructor to simulate a failure and then by a trainee pilot. Unable to restart the engine, the instructor made a belly landing in a pasture at Middle Aston, about 2 miles northwest of the airfield. All four crew were unhurt and the aircraft was written off.