Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Oct 11, 1957, Tachika...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on October 11, 1957 near Tachikawa AFB (Tokyo) Kantō, Japan with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure during...
- Date: October 11, 1957
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Tachikawa AFB (Tokyo) Kantō, Japan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Engine failure during initial climb.
A Royal Thai Air Force C 47 on a UN humanitarian mission to South Korea lost an engine shortly after takeoff from Tachikawa. It stalled and crashed into houses in Sunahawa, and the aircraft was written off.