Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 20 September 1952
Aircraft Type: Douglas VC-47A (DC-3)
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 42-23967
Location: 1 km from Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) –
ÿ France
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: The aircraft’s primary structural components, including the fuselage, wings, and tail.The aircraft’s primary structural components, including the fuselage, wings, and tail.
Category: Accident

A VC-47 aircraft experienced a catastrophic crash following a collision with a telephone pole, rooftops, and subsequent fire.A VC-47 aircraft experienced a catastrophic crash following a collision with a telephone pole, rooftops, and subsequent fire.
Description
The VC-47 hit a telephone pole, rooftops and crashed. A post-impact fire broke out.
Primary Cause
Collision with an object, likely a telephone pole, resulted in a rapid and uncontrolled descent.Collision with an object, likely a telephone pole, resulted in a rapid and uncontrolled descent.Share on: