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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3TP
    Last Military Serial:42-93252 USAAF
    Construction Number:13143
    Last Civil Registration:ZS-NKK
    Latest Owner or Location:Airworld

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-93252.

    By 1952

    To Socony-Vacuum Oil with new c/r N2636.

    May 1957

    To unknown owner with c/r YV-P-BPF.

    1975

    To Mobil Oil Company with new c/r YV-32CP.

    Converted to a DC-3TP.

    To Mobil Oil Company keeping c/r YV-32CP.

    30 November 1988


    Photographer: Paul J. Hooper
    Notes: Photographed at Naples, FL outside the Sekman hangar.

    7 March 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Simon Bolivar International Airport, Venezuela

    January 1996

    To Airworld with new c/r ZS-NKK (AMI DC-3-65TP, 13143).
    Operated for Speed Service Couriers.

    24 August 1998

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There was one fatality. The cargo flight departed Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB), South Africa and was destined for Durban-Louis Botha Airport (DUR/FADN), South Africa. The accident occurred at Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY) (South Africa) while taking off. Narrative: The Turbo DC-3 had just undergone a Phase 1 inspection at Pretoria. Final power assurance checks were carried out on the aircrafts engines on the morning of the accident. The AME (Aircraft Maintenance Engineer) trimmed the elevator-trim tab to the Full Nose UP position in order to reduce the stick forces required to hold the tail down during the engine power checks, but he did not set the elevator trim back to the neutral position on completion of the checks...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    Written off.


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