Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Nov 22, 1961 (2 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on November 22, 1961 near Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot failed to carry...
- Date: November 22, 1961
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot failed to carry out a successful single engine forced landing after wrongly concluding the port engine had lost power; no engine failure had occurred, and the rudder trim check before takeoff was not done correctly.
A Rhodesian Air Services Douglas C 47 on a charter positioning flight to Livingstone dipped its right wing soon after takeoff from Salisbury on 22 November 1961. It entered a steepening left turn, rolled over and crashed inverted near the runway threshold. The pilot and co pilot were killed and the stewardess was seriously injured.