Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) crash, Feb 12, 1948 (12 killed)
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) accident on February 12, 1948 near Ulrichstein Hesse, Germany with 12 fatalities. Cause: Engine failure.
- Date: February 12, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)
- Location: Ulrichstein Hesse, Germany
- Fatalities: 12
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine failure
A Danish DDL Douglas C 53 OY DCI crashed in Hesse, Germany, while descending toward Frankfurt in marginal weather on 12 February 1948. Twelve of the 21 people aboard were killed.