ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3) XY-ACS Tengchong County-Level City, Baoshan, Yunnan Province
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Date:Monday 10 June 1963
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Union of Burma Airways
Registration: XY-ACS
MSN: 9877
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Total:Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Tengchong County-Level City, Baoshan, Yunnan Province (   China)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar
Destination airport:Putao Airport (PBU/VYPT), Myanmar
Narrative:
The aircraft, on a domestic flight in Myanmar, got lost due to poor weather.
It presumably crashed after running out of fuel. The wreckage was discovered on July 1, 1963 in the Gaoligong Mountains to the east of Tengchong.



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Distance from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport to Putao Airport as the crow flies is 1160 km (725 miles).

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.
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Douglas DC-3

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  • 3648th loss
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