Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 24, 1954, Beirut...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 24, 1954 near Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon with no fatalities. Cause: Pilot error.
- Date: January 24, 1954
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error
A Compagnie Autrex Lopez Loreta Le Breton Douglas C-47 on a delivery flight from Paris to Hanoi was diverted after its HF radio failed. On the night approach it was too low and struck a mound of earth short of the runway. All three crew survived, but the aircraft was written off.