Accident description
Last updated: 25 June 2018
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 13 September 1949 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Cathay Pacific Airways |
| Registration: | VR-HDW |
| C/n / msn: | 25430/13985 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Anisakan ( Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Anisakan (VYAS), Myanmar |
| ? |
Crashed on takeoff when the right hand main gear leg collapsed.
Sources:
» Douglas DC-3 Production List (Issue no. 28)Photos
Map
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
