Accident Douglas C-47 (DC-3) 63,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340553
 

Date:Friday 19 November 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
Registration: 63
MSN: 6034
Year of manufacture:1942
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Kunming -   China
Phase: Approach
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP)
Narrative:
Weather at Kunming was poor: rain with a 100 feet ceiling. The C-47 crew aborted the approach tried to circle for another approach. The pilot took the wrong heading and crashed into the mountain just west of the city.

Sources:

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

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