Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 18 March 1980
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Ethiopian Airlines
Registration Number: ET-AGM
Location: near Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD) –
ÿ Ethiopia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: DC-3 aircraft propellerDC-3 aircraft propeller
Category: Accident
A DC-3 aircraft, while on base turn to runway 07, experienced a rapid descent due to engine failure and subsequent impact with a house roof. The aircraft crashed in the compound of another house.A DC-3 aircraft, while on base turn to runway 07, experienced a rapid descent due to engine failure and subsequent impact with a house roof. The aircraft crashed in the compound of another house.
Description
On base turn to runway 07, with one propeller feathered, the aircraft descended fast. Attempts to relit the engine failed, and the DC-3 struck the roof of a house and crashed in the compound of another house.
Primary Cause
Engine failure and subsequent impact with a house roof.Engine failure and subsequent impact with a house roof.Share on:
