Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 29, 1966 (5 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 29, 1966 near Tuzla Marmara Region, Türkiye with 5 fatalities. Cause: Bird strike, as reported in a...
- Date: August 29, 1966
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Tuzla Marmara Region, Türkiye
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Bird strike, as reported in a list of 1966 DC3 accidents. No further detail was found.
A Turkish Air Force Douglas C47 on a training flight crashed in flames in a field at Tuzla, southeast of Istanbul, on 29 August 1966. A list of 1966 DC3 accidents attributes the crash to a bird strike. Five of the nine crew on board were killed.