Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 FEB 1944 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corp. |
| Registration: | 57 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dinjan (India) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
| ? |
Reportedly each of the pilots thought the other was flying the plane on takeoff. With full takeoff power, the plane got out of control before they tried to correct the error. It plowed into the trees at the end of the runway.
Sources:
» CNAC.org
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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.
