Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 JUN 1949 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46 |
| Operator: | Central Air Transport |
| Registration: | XT-520 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 320 km (200 mls) N of Chongqing (China) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China |
| Chongqing Airport (CKG/ZUCK), China |
Crashed.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport to Chongqing Airport as the crow flies is 975 km (609 miles).
Distance from Guangzhou-Baiyun Airport to Chongqing Airport as the crow flies is 975 km (609 miles).
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.
