Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 11 MAR 1943 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-53-DO |
| Compagnie: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Immatriculation: | 53 |
| Numéro de série: | 4904 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1942 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Luishui (Chine) |
| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), Chine |
| Assam, Inde |
CNAC's Dakota "53" departed Kunming for a supply run over the Himalayas together with three other Dakotas. It was snowing and there was a solid overcast at 10,500 feet which had violent turbulence and severe icing. Because of those dangerous conditions, the pilots stayed underneath the clouds and flew the passes. As they went through the lowest pass, a sudden down-draft forced the pilots to apply full power and for maximum climb. For #53, it was too late. The plane's propellers started cutting the tops of the trees and the plane crashed just short of the border with Burma.
Sources:
» CNAC.org
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Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
