Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 10, 1953, Mergui...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 10, 1953 near Mergui Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar with no fatalities. Cause: The cause was pilot error...
- Date: January 10, 1953
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Mergui Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The cause was pilot error of judgement.
The Union of Burma Airways DC 3 was on a scheduled Rangoon, Tavoy and Mergui service with 15 passengers and three crew. On approach its left wing struck trees, and it landed heavily, lost the starboard engine and caught fire, but no one was killed. The fire consumed the forward portion of the aircraft.