Swartkop - Swartkop

On December 13, 1945 at 12:00 AM, Swartkop - Swartkop experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by South African Air Force, with the event recorded near Swartkop AFB (Pretoria) Gauteng.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Swartkop AFB, in the suburb of Pretoria, the crew noticed fuel streaming from the port fuel tank. The aircraft caught fire, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing in an open field. The aircraft came to rest in flames and while all four crew members escaped uninjured, the aircraft was partially destroyed by fire (center section, port engine, port fuselage and port elevator). Crew: Cpt W. L. Chiazzari, Cpl F. O. Burger, Cpl J. L. du Toit, Cpl P. Harrall. Source: http://www.dc-3.co.za

Aircraft reference details include registration 6845, MSN 26114/14669, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -25.8087°, 28.1695°.