A Classic Is Lost

[joeyb747]

"An Air Service Berlin Douglas C-47 Skytrain, registration D-CXXX performing a sight seeing flight from Berlin Schoenefeld to Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) with 25 passengers and 3 crew, departed Schoenefeld's runway 25 (former 25L) when the left hand engine failed. The airplane struggled to climb out, after a left hand turn the crew set the airplane down into a grassy field near Selchow and the building site of the new runway (which is planned to turn Schoenefeld into Berlin Brandenburg International Airport). All 3 crew and 4 passengers received minor injuries, the airplane sustained substantial damage and is thought to be a write off."

From:

http://avherald.com/h?article=42d26069&opt=0
 


Below are a couple pics of C-47 D-CXXX (cn 16124/32872) in all her glory.

[laylow]

That's too bad. Beautiful aircraft.  Glad to hear everyone made it out with all their parts intact.