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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-49H
    Last Military Serial:42-107422 USAAF
    Construction Number:02189
    Last Civil Registration:HI-222
    Latest Owner or Location:LANSA-Linea Aerea Nacionales SA

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    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3-313.
    Douglas DC-3-313 2189

    To unknown owner with c/r NC21790.

    Converted to a C-49H.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-107422.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC21790.

    To unknown owner with c/r N793MU.

    To unknown owner with c/r N793U.

    To unknown owner with c/r N793U (DC3-G102, 2189).
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    27 July 1973

    Civil registration, N793U, cancelled.
    Exported to Dominican Republ.

    27 July 1973

    To unknown owner with c/r N793U.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    By 30 January 1975

    To LANSA-Linea Aerea Nacionales SA with c/r HI-222 (Douglas DC-3-313, 2189).

    30 January 1975

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was destroyed. There was one fatality. The international scheduled passenger flight departed Santo Domingo-Las Americas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD), Dominican Republic and was destined for Port-au-Prince-Mais Gate Airport (PAP/MTPP), Haiti. The accident occurred at Santo Domingo-Las Americas Airport (SDQ) (Dominican Republic) while taking off. Narrative: The aircraft crashed on takeoff from runway 17. It came to rest in bushes.

    14 January 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N793U.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    To unknown owner with c/r HI-222.

    Written off.


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