Narrative:
Oil pressure on one engine was lost, soon after takeoff from Kunming, China. The captain feathered the propeller and came around for a landing but hydraulic pressure had dropped to zero so he couldn't get the landing gear down and locked. The C-47 crashed and caught fire.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 6 October 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 69 |
| MSN: | 6222 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Kunming Airport (KMG) ( China)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
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Oil pressure on one engine was lost, soon after takeoff from Kunming, China. The captain feathered the propeller and came around for a landing but hydraulic pressure had dropped to zero so he couldn't get the landing gear down and locked. The C-47 crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
» CNAC.org» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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