Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 DEC 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 or Curtiss C-46 |
| Operator: | Central Air Transport |
| Registration: | 48 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) N of Shanghai-Jiangwan Airport (China) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chongqing Airport (CKG/ZUCK), China |
| Shanghai-Jiangwan Airport, China |
The aircraft crashed into a farmhouse while on approach to Kiangwan airfield's north-south landing strip. That day three aircraft crashed near Shanghai as a result of poor visibility in the area.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 48)
» Los Angeles Times 27 DEC 1946
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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.
