Narrative:
The approach into Suifu below minimums was aborted. While going around, the plane few into a cliff, 150 feet from the top. The aircraft carried a cargo of 100-octane gas, exploded and burned.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 18 December 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 83 |
| MSN: | 10159 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Suifu ( China)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
| Suifu, China |
The approach into Suifu below minimums was aborted. While going around, the plane few into a cliff, 150 feet from the top. The aircraft carried a cargo of 100-octane gas, exploded and burned.
Sources:
» CNAC.org» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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