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Crash of a Douglas C-117D Super DC-3S in Santa Rosa
Date & Time:
Aug 30, 1999 at 1610 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RP-C473
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lipa City - Manila
MSN:
43327
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Lipa City Airport on a flight to Manila and should be delivered to Crown Cargo Express for several missions. On approach to Ninoy Aquino Airport, the crew informed ATC about engine problems. The captain attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft struck power cables and crashed in a rice paddy field located in Santa Rosa, about 25 km south of the airport. All nine occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine problems for unknown reasons.
Crash of a Douglas C-117B Skytrain near Victoria: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 30, 1976
Operator:
Registration:
N2010
Survivors:
No
MSN:
18549/34130
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane and its crew were engaged in a special operation to disperse sterile screw worms on behalf of the US Department of Agriculture. While flying at an altitude of 5,500 feet in marginal weather conditions and limited visibility, the airplane struck a mountain and was destroyed. All five occupants have been killed.
Crash of a Douglas C-117D Skytrain in Keflavik
Date & Time:
Dec 20, 1975
Operator:
Registration:
39096
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
43338
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hangar. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Loss of control caused by brakes systems' failure.
Crash of a Douglas C-117D Skytrain in Quảng Tín: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 28, 1969
Operator:
Registration:
17284
Survivors:
No
MSN:
43367
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances while completing a local training mission. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Col Douglas Lee Snead,
Cpt Donald Joseph Berger,
Sgt William Lloyd Bunch,
Cpl Ronald Francis Liscum.
Crew:
Lt Col Douglas Lee Snead,
Cpt Donald Joseph Berger,
Sgt William Lloyd Bunch,
Cpl Ronald Francis Liscum.
Crash of a Douglas C-117D Skytrain in Đà Nẵng: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 25, 1966
Operator:
Registration:
17211
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Đà Nẵng – Saigon
MSN:
13221
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
23
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Đà Nẵng Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed past the runway end. Seven crew members were killed were all 24 other occupants were injured, some of them seriously. The airplane was engaged in a troop transport from Đà Nẵng to Saigon. Engine failure is suspected.
Those killed were:
Lt Col David Cleeland,
Maj Clifton Bishop Andrews,
Maj Gerard Martin Kieswetter,
Cpt Jerome Cordell Winters,
Sgt Robert Clayton Morre,
G/Sgt Willis Shepherd Bowman,
Cpl Mickey Ray Grable.
Those killed were:
Lt Col David Cleeland,
Maj Clifton Bishop Andrews,
Maj Gerard Martin Kieswetter,
Cpt Jerome Cordell Winters,
Sgt Robert Clayton Morre,
G/Sgt Willis Shepherd Bowman,
Cpl Mickey Ray Grable.
Crash of a Douglas C-117D Skytrain in Sentinel Ridge
Date & Time:
Nov 22, 1962
Operator:
Registration:
17188
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
43384
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Upon landing at Sentinel Ridge Polar Station, one of the ski collapsed on landing. The aircraft went out of control and came to rest, damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
A ski was sheared off on landing.
