Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jun 30, 1953, Tehran-...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on June 30, 1953 near Tehran-Mehrabad Tehran City District, Iran with no fatalities. Cause: Crew mishandling of...
- Date: June 30, 1953
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Tehran-Mehrabad Tehran City District, Iran
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Crew mishandling of the propeller controls, leading to a windmilling propeller.
An Iran Air Douglas C 47 on an instrument check flight from Mehrabad, with one engine simulated out, had its port propeller feathered at about 6,700 feet. The propeller overspeeded and could not be unfeathered or refeathered. The aircraft crash landed short of Runway 11 at Mehrabad with no fatalities.