Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 1 April 1945 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-16178 |
MSN: | 20644 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG) ( China)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The C-47B was parked at Kunming when it was hit by a Consolidated C-87, 44-39282, which suffered a takeoff accident.
Classification:
Ground collision
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.