Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 19, 1969 (4 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 19, 1969 near Ta'izz Ta'izz, Yemen with 4 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff...
- Date: March 19, 1969
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Ta'izz Ta'izz, Yemen
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff on a test flight because the elevator trim tabs had been incorrectly rigged to operate in the opposite manner to normal.
A Yemen Airlines DC 3 was being test flown after maintenance on its elevator trim, which had been found ineffective on an earlier test. After a normal takeoff it turned, then entered a steepening dive and struck the ground, burning and killing all four crew.