Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 20, 1947, Ueterse...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 20, 1947 near Uetersen Schleswig-Holstein, Germany with no fatalities. Cause: The left engine failed...
- Date: December 20, 1947
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Uetersen Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The left engine failed on final approach.
A Royal Air Force Douglas C 47 (KN439) on a military flight landed at Uetersen in poor weather, where its left engine failed on final approach. The aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in a field short of the runway threshold. All eight occupants were injured, the copilot most seriously, and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.