Narrative:
While flying the route from Chungking to Kweiyang this CNAC Tri-Motor crashed-landed in snow, sleet and fog in the mountain area 30 miles east of Yunnanfu. Amazingly there were no injuries although the Ford was demolished with two engines torn.
» cnac.org
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 5 March 1936 |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 27 |
| MSN: | 5-AT-115 |
| First flight: | 1933-04-25 (2 years 11 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Zigong ( China)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport (CKG/ZUCK), China |
| Guiyang Airport (KWE/ZUGY), China |
While flying the route from Chungking to Kweiyang this CNAC Tri-Motor crashed-landed in snow, sleet and fog in the mountain area 30 miles east of Yunnanfu. Amazingly there were no injuries although the Ford was demolished with two engines torn.
Sources:
» The China Press, 3-736, pg. 1, 8; 3-21-36» cnac.org
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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 Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport to Guiyang Airport as the crow flies is 352 km (220 miles).
Distance from Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport to Guiyang Airport as the crow flies is 352 km (220 miles).
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