Aircraft Photo of OE-FDA | Douglas C-47A Dakota | AirHistory.net #438889
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:OE-FDA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Dakota
C/n (msn):13332
Location
City / Area:Alfabia / Bunyola [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Spain
 
Photo Date:10 February 2022
Photo by:Toni Marimón
Photo ID: 438889
Photo Comment

Port wing external section of this Austria Flugdienst DC-3 that crashed 2 May 1959 in the Alfabia Mountain Range after taking off from Son Bonet and reporting 3000ft. The aircraft was instructed to report FL90 to leave Palma Area but crashed at about 3300ft. It happened in the return leg back to Munich and Vienna in the first flight of an intended new route for Austrian Flugdienst. All occupants, three crew members and two passengers, perished in the accident.

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