ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47 (DC-3) 63 Kunming
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Status:
Date:Friday 19 November 1943
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Operator:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
Registration: 63
MSN: 6034
First flight: 1942
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Kunming (   China)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China
Narrative:
Weather at Kunming was poor: rain with a 100 feet ceiling. The C-47 crew aborted the approach tried to circle for another approach. The pilot took the wrong heading and crashed into the mountain just west of the city.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» CNAC.org
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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