Status: | |
Date: | Friday 20 September 1946 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46 |
Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
Registration: | 81 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28 |
Total: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Xichang, Sichuan Province ( China)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Xichang Airport (XIC/ZUXC), China |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:A CNAC passenger plane crashed into the side of a 14.000-foot mountain in China. All aboard were killed. Captain of the flight was Andy Longbotham.
The airplane struck Lochi Mountain near the village of Hsichia.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 48)
»
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.