Anyone recall the photograph of a C-47 that ended up on the roof of a house? I think it was on finals to Southend or Lydd just after the war years (a military operator rather than an airline, I think?).
I am trying to find the picture of the Dakota sitting on the roof of this building.
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd July 2012 at 23:16
T’was a pair of “semis”, nos 44 & 46. Not sure which claimed the name Dakota’s Rest.
Planemike
By: EGTC - 2nd July 2012 at 21:26
Thankyou kindly, Lazy8! It’s ashame they never kept the name. Obviously the owners either didn’t know of the significance or didn’t care.
By: Lazy8 - 2nd July 2012 at 18:51
Lazy8, do you mean the name is no longer, or the house itself?
Shame either way as I was gonna go looking for it when I visit my dad in Southall later this year.
Like I said, last time I looked was more than ten years ago. At that time the house was still there, but no longer named. I’ve just used Google Streetview to run along the road, and I believe that’s still the case, but I’m not sure I’ve correctly remembered which number it was. It’s only just occurred to me that the Dakota came to rest roughly at 90 degrees to it’s (original) flightpath!
By: Mercurius - 2nd July 2012 at 15:40
I’m sure that this accident was featured in an article, in a magazine called Propliner some years ago.
“Propliner” – Ah, now you are taking an old man down memory lane. I was never a reader of that title, but it was edited by aviation photographer Stephen Piercey, who was tragically killed in a flying accident in 1984. I did not know him particularly well, but agree with the assessment on the Viscount Stephen Piercey website that he was “young and talented”.
By: EGTC - 2nd July 2012 at 14:42
Lazy8, do you mean the name is no longer, or the house itself?
Shame either way as I was gonna go looking for it when I visit my dad in Southall later this year.
By: Lazy8 - 2nd July 2012 at 11:33
Dakota’s Rest
Apparently for many years after the incident, the rebuilt house was named ‘Dakota’s Rest’. I looked when I lived in the area some ten years ago, and it is no longer.
By: Argonaut - 1st July 2012 at 20:39
Speaking of Doves on top of houses, you may be interested in this photo of ex Irish Air Corps Dove 176, “placed” ( not crashed) on top of a house as a training prop at the Civil Defence training ground in Dublin. It was later cut up in an exercise and still later bits of the wreckage spread on a beach in North Dublin to simulate an off shore aircrash.
By: tommyinyork - 1st July 2012 at 09:55
Landed ? more like crashed into !
By: longshot - 30th June 2012 at 15:52
Go large with the Mail 🙂
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/02/article-2138488-0000528500000CB2-9_964x648.jpg
and this one was a mock-up for a TV series I believe
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=81262
and the Anson that flopped onto a Ruislip factory in 1960 is 5 down on
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/379570-egg-packing-anson.html
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th June 2012 at 22:41
The circumstances of the accident are desribed in some detail in Arthur Ord-Hume’s book “Crashes and Prangs”. Just for the record the aircraft involved was a Railway Air Services DC 3 G-AGZA and it was a takeoff accident, with aircraft attempting to take off from Northholt. Well, it took off but was unable to climb, hence the arrival on the roof top.
The accident at Pendeford did not have such a benign ending. As AutoStick says the crew of two lost their lives. As I recall the aircraft and much of the house were consumed by fire. The house, in a row of houses, was rebuilt and for many years afterwards the roof stood out as being different to the adjoining houses.
Planemike
By: MSR777 - 29th June 2012 at 22:20
You’re welcome Sarah. I did attempt a visit to the attic for that Propliners magazine, but being confronted by a voluminous spider, I retreated. My partner will take care of it:)
AutoStick. That’s a sad story. I have always liked the Dove. I was once lucky enough to have flown on a Heron, which belonged to an outfit called Peters Aviation. IMO, both the Dove and Heron are British classics.
Neil.
By: AutoStick - 29th June 2012 at 20:19
I remember a DH Dove landing on a house in Wolverhampton . I believe it was attempting to land , in fog , at Pendeford Airport . 2 people were killed , and led to the Airport closing in the 70’s some time !!
By: VeeOne - 29th June 2012 at 19:24
Misrair, Thank you so much!
I knew I’d seen this photo and my boyfriend didn’t believe a C-47 could hit a house and remain on the roof. He was suggesting I’d dreamed it! So now I can show him the evidence.
I expect it was the full flap and gear, and that the aeroplane was near the stall, that caused it to stop on the house. I think it is amazing.
Much appreciated 😉
Sarah
By: MSR777 - 29th June 2012 at 18:05
Looks like this is it Sarah.
By: MSR777 - 29th June 2012 at 17:54
I’m sure that this accident was featured in an article, in a magazine called Propliner some years ago. I’m sure that it even carried a pic of how the house looks today, well in the early 80s anyway, as well as images of the accident itself. I think that the house concerned was renamed by the house owner as ‘Dakota’s Rest’ I’ll have to see if I can find the issue.
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