Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 SEP 1943 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-12309 |
| C/n / msn: | 26436 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | E of Fort Hertz (Myanmar) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chongqing Airport (CKG/ZUCK), China |
| Dibrugarh-Chabua Airport (DIB), India |
Crashed due to engine failure.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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Map
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 Airport to Dibrugarh-Chabua Airport as the crow flies is 1154 km (721 miles).
Distance from Chongqing Airport to Dibrugarh-Chabua Airport as the crow flies is 1154 km (721 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.
