ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338670
| Date: | Friday 16 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 105 |
| MSN: | 26305/14860 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hukawng Valley -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
The captain was lighting a cigarette while holding his oxygen tube. The Zippo lighter flame caused the gasoline in the lighter to explode. The fireball set the C-47 on fire. All 3 crew members bailed out successfully over the Hukawng Valley.
Sources:
CNAC.org
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