Narrative:
The plane crashed into a mountain when flying at low altitude through a pass after encountering turbulent air while flying through a small cloud.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 75 |
| MSN: | 9416 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Paoshan ( China)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
The plane crashed into a mountain when flying at low altitude through a pass after encountering turbulent air while flying through a small cloud.
Sources:
» CNAC.org» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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).
Distance from Dinjan Airport to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 792 km (495 miles).
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