ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) 90 Patkai Range
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Date:Monday 15 May 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3)
Operator:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
Registration: 90
MSN: 19314
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Patkai Range (   India)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Moran Air Base, India
Destination airport:Shinbweyang (VYSB), Myanmar
Narrative:
The pilot, on his first flight as a captain, was the first CNAC pilot to follow the new ATC procedure: climb to 10,000 feet over the RR marker before heading out on the Fox Charlie course. Severe turbulence drove the plane into a mountain ridge at 9000 feet.

Classification:
Turbulence
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» CNAC.org
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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