Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 18, 1980, Addis A...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 18, 1980 near Addis Ababa-Bole, Addis Ababa City District, Ethiopia with no fatalities. Cause: Engine...
- Date: March 18, 1980
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Addis Ababa-Bole, Addis Ababa City District, Ethiopia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine failure for unknown reasons, followed by the crew failing to recognise the loss of altitude during an attempted engine restart.
On 18 March 1980 an Ethiopian Airlines Douglas C-47B (DC-3), registration ET-AGM, on a local training flight from Addis Ababa Bole, lost an engine on final approach to runway 07. While trying to restart the engine the crew lost altitude and the aircraft struck a house roof and crashed. All three crew were injured and nobody on the ground was hurt.