Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jun 3, 1951, Puerto D...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on June 3, 1951 near Puerto Deseado Santa Cruz, Argentina with no fatalities. Cause: Pilot error in calculating...
- Date: June 3, 1951
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Puerto Deseado Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error in calculating landing distance, compounded by muddy runway and poor weather
Aerolineas Argentinas Douglas C-47A LV-AGE overran the runway at Puerto Deseado Airport on 3 June 1951 and came to rest in a ditch. No one was killed and the aircraft was written off.