Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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| Fecha: | 07 ABR 1943 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-53-DO |
| Operador: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registración: | 58 |
| Numéro de série: | 7407 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1942 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 48 km (30 milles) NE of Minzong (India)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Dinjan Airport, India |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
The CNAC aircraft, carrying also carrying USAAF serial 42-15890, experienced heavy icing and snow while climbing out of Dinjan. After an hour the pilot decided to return to Dinjan. While returning the pilot had to make a violently evasive maneuver to the right to avoid contact with a mountain ahead. The plane skidded over the side of the mountain and down into another peak where it came to rest at 13,750 feet.
Fuentes:
» CNAC.org
» MIA Recoveries - Crash Site Reports
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
