Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jul 22, 1948, Gore Or...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on July 22, 1948 near Gore Oromia, Ethiopia with no fatalities. Cause: The aircraft landed too far down the runway..
- Date: July 22, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Gore Oromia, Ethiopia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft landed too far down the runway.
An Ethiopian Airlines Douglas C 47 landed too far down the runway at Gore on 22 July 1948, could not stop within the remaining distance, overran and struck rocks. No one was hurt, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.