Narrative:
The CNAC aircraft, also carrying USAAF serial 42-15890, experienced heavy icing and snow while climbing out of Dinjan. After an hour the pilot decided to return to Dinjan. While returning the pilot had to make a violently evasive maneuver to the right to avoid contact with a mountain ahead. The plane skidded over the side of the mountain and down into another peak where it came to rest at 13,750 feet.
» MIA Recoveries - Crash Site Reports
accident date: 07-04-1943
type: Douglas C-53 (DC-3)
registration: 58
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 7 April 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 58 |
| MSN: | 7407 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 48 km (30 mls) NE of Minzong ( India)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
The CNAC aircraft, also carrying USAAF serial 42-15890, experienced heavy icing and snow while climbing out of Dinjan. After an hour the pilot decided to return to Dinjan. While returning the pilot had to make a violently evasive maneuver to the right to avoid contact with a mountain ahead. The plane skidded over the side of the mountain and down into another peak where it came to rest at 13,750 feet.
Sources:
» CNAC.org» MIA Recoveries - Crash Site Reports
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accident date: 07-04-1943
type: Douglas C-53 (DC-3)
registration: 58
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Dinjan Airport to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 792 km (495 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Dinjan Airport to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 792 km (495 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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