Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 22, 1952 (13 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 22, 1952 near Suwon Gyeonggi, South Korea with 13 fatalities. Cause: Taxied onto the active runway...
- Date: December 22, 1952
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Suwon Gyeonggi, South Korea
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: Taxied onto the active runway during an F-80 takeoff (human error)
A Royal Hellenic Air Force C-47D taxied onto the active runway at Suwon just as a USAF F-80C was taking off. The two aircraft collided and both were destroyed, and all occupants of the C-47 were killed.