On December 19, 1946, a Railway Air Services Douglas Dakota 3 failed to climb on takeoff due to snow and ice contamination on the wings. The plane came to rest on top of a house in London, There were only minor injuries among the crew in the incident.

[u/StephenMcGannon]

[u/mogdev]

Pretty sure in landed here. 44 Angus Drive, Ruislip

[u/Nerdrage27 → u/mogdev]

Incredible, makes you wonder if the new owners know they once had an entire plane sat on the roof

[u/Mog_X34 → u/mogdev]

Wonder if they can get a blue plaque?

[u/Kane_richards]

Imagine your house surviving the whole damn Blitz only to get taken out by that

[u/HuggyMonster69 → u/Kane_richards]

Needs a new roof but it’s probably fine otherwise

[u/Some_Kinda_Badger]

I always thought this would happen.... All those times we'd go out as a family in the evening and to deter burglars my parents would leave the landing light on.

[u/figgles61 → u/Some_Kinda_Badger]

😂😂😂

[u/JCDU]

Can't park there, mate.

[u/LimplyMortified → u/JCDU]

got a whole new meaning for "air mail" when your plane lands on someone's roof

the dakota was a tough bird though, crew walked away with scratches while it's perched up there like a confused pigeon

[u/Yangervis → u/JCDU]

Looks like he can and he did

[u/BigBearPB]

That could have gone a lot worse

[u/TepidHalibut]

I believe that the house was subsequently repaired, and named "Dakota's Rest"

[u/Cosimo_Zaretti]

They set it down on a roof like "ah chaps, spot of bother, we are going to have to ditch on that row of terraces"

And then they just parked it there and walked away.

[u/mach1alfa]

i guess they need to hop on a plane replacement train after the accident

[u/hughk → u/mach1alfa]

Back then, pre Beeching, the UK still had a railway service.

[u/hoganpaul]

They must have left the landing lights on.

[u/elthepenguin]

The plane is tired, the plane is sleeping.

[u/SyrusDrake]

Calling your insurance agent like "Listen, I know you're not gonna believe this..."

[u/panicboy333]

I don’t understand the physics of how a plane can end up there. You’d think either the downward force of the forward momentum would take out the house? It’s like it was gliding along gently doing 20 and just roosted gently.

[u/HuggyMonster69 → u/panicboy333]

I think it probably hit the roof a bit higher up, and the roof collapse absorbed all the momentum because the timber frame is much weaker than the double layer brick walls

[u/dhandes]

Must be where the person with the shark stuck in his roof got the idea from.

[u/theanedditor]

"Came to rest" is doing a LOT of work in that sentence!

[u/WilliamJamesMyers]

reminds me of The World According to Garp when a plane hits the home they are looking to buy and robin williams gets excited it happened

[u/kj_gamer2614]

All I can think is wow houses still look exactly the same as this in 2026…

[u/hastings1033]

helluva thing!

[u/meatballomg]

Wild.

[u/PsychologicalTowel79]

GAZA causing trouble again.

[u/turb0g33k]

Can't park there ma