Airplane Crash - Leopoldville, Zaire 08/27/1949
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Leopoldville, Zaire
Date | 08/27/1949 |
Location | Leopoldville, Zaire |
Operator | Sabena |
Route | Leopoldville - Elizabethville |
Type | Douglas C-47B-5-DK |
Registration | OO-CBK |
Cn/In | 14600/26045 |
Aboard | 20 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The aircraft did not achieve a proper climb rate after taking off and crashed while making a low altitude right turn. Water in the fuel and excessive lead on the spark plugs. |
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