Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 25 July 1946
Aircraft Type: Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: KN585
Location: 40 km NE of Bassein –
ÿ Myanmar
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22
Component Affected: Left wingLeft wing
Category: Accident
A left wing failure occurred during a cumulo-nimbus cloud passage, resulting in a crash into a swamp.A left wing failure occurred during a cumulo-nimbus cloud passage, resulting in a crash into a swamp.
Description
A failure of the left wing after the plane entered a cumulo-nimbus cloud, caused the plane to crash into a swamp.
Primary Cause
Cumulo-nimbus cloud passage and subsequent wing failure.Cumulo-nimbus cloud passage and subsequent wing failure.Share on:
