Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jul 15, 1960 (1 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on July 15, 1960 near Jimma Oromia, Ethiopia with 1 fatality. Cause: Pilot continued VFR flight into...
- Date: July 15, 1960
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Jimma Oromia, Ethiopia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot continued VFR flight into deteriorating weather and tried to climb below the minimum safe climbing speed, and the aircraft struck a mountainside.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 372, a Douglas DC 3 carrying a load of coffee, flew into deteriorating weather on its way from Bulchi to Jimma on 15 July 1960 and struck a mountainside south of the airfield. The pilot was killed and the other ten occupants were injured.