Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 AUG 1943 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53 |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 48 |
| 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: | Fort Hertz valley (China) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
Presumed shot by a Japanese fighter plane. The no. 1 engine was on fire and the fire spread until the wing structure was compromised. The left wing collapsed and fell off.
Sources:
» CNAC.org
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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.
