Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Nov 18, 1987, Lae-Nad...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on November 18, 1987 near Lae-Nadzab Tomodachi, Morobe, Papua New Guinea with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of...
- Date: November 18, 1987
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Lae-Nadzab Tomodachi, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure of one engine while climbing after takeoff; the cause of the engine failure is not documented.
A Papua New Guinea Defence Force Douglas C-47B, P2-006, lost one engine while climbing after takeoff from Nadzab on 18 November 1987 and made a wheels up forced landing near the airfield. All occupants survived, and the aircraft was written off.