Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Oct 17, 1950 (28 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on October 17, 1950 near Mill Hill London Metropolis, United Kingdom with 28 fatalities. Cause: Right engine...
- Date: October 17, 1950
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Mill Hill London Metropolis, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 28
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Right engine failure followed by loss of height
A BEA Dakota on a scheduled service from RAF Northolt to Glasgow lost its right engine soon after takeoff and was returning to land. While descending toward the runway on one engine it struck trees and crashed in flames at Mill Hill, about nine miles northeast of the airfield. Twenty-eight of the 29 people on board were killed.