Narrative:
Crashed and caught fire after food drop. The C-47 couldn't pull over a mountain and hit the top. The plane crashed about 1,5 miles NNW of the boundary post #37 on Burma-China border.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 70 |
| MSN: | 9014 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | nr Kambaiti ( Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Dinjan Airport, India |
Crashed and caught fire after food drop. The C-47 couldn't pull over a mountain and hit the top. The plane crashed about 1,5 miles NNW of the boundary post #37 on Burma-China border.
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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