ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) XY-ADC Thazi
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Date:Wednesday 8 August 1956
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Union of Burma Airways
Registration: XY-ADC
MSN: 25793/14348
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 18
Total:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 22
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Thazi (   Myanmar)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar
Destination airport:Mandalay-Chanmyathazi Airport (VYCZ), Myanmar
Narrative:
Impacted Mount Pindaya.



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Distance from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport to Mandalay-Chanmyathazi Airport as the crow flies is 557 km (348 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.
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