Douglas - Düsseldorf

On December 22, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Douglas - Düsseldorf experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Manx Airways, with the event recorded near Düsseldorf-Lohausen North Rhine-Westphalia.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Douglas, Isle of Man, to Düsseldorf to pick up passengers. While descending to Lohausen Airport, the crew received the permission to perform an ILS approach but for unknown reason, the captain preferred to make a visual approach despite the low visibility caused by marginal weather conditions. On final, the airplane was too low, hit trees and crashed 5 km short of runway. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AMZC, MSN 16522/33270, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2812°, 6.7662°.