Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 10 January 1948
Aircraft Type: Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: KN426
Location: 40 km NW of Cairo –
ÿ Egypt
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: EngineEngine
Category: Accident
An uncontained engine failure resulted in the loss of one engine from the aircraft, leading to a belly landing.An uncontained engine failure resulted in the loss of one engine from the aircraft, leading to a belly landing.
Description
One of the engines suffered an uncontained failure. The engine subsequently fell off the wing and the pilot carried out a belly landing.
Primary Cause
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