Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JAN 1945 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 77 |
| C/n / msn: | 9596 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | WNW of Ziadum (Myanmar)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
| Tengchung, China |
The aircraft was not able to land at Tengchung due to bad weather. The pilot headed for Dinjan in severe ice and turbulence conditions with 100 mph wind from southwest. The aircraft crashed.
Sources:
» CNAC.org
» miarecoveries.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.
