Narrative:
Both engines quit on base leg of the approach. The C-47 landed in a rice patty in the fog.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 80 |
| MSN: | 9761 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Dinjan ( India)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Dinjan Airport, India |
Both engines quit on base leg of the approach. The C-47 landed in a rice patty in the fog.
Sources:
» CNAC.org» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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