Accident Caudron G , Saturday 16 July 1927
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Date:Saturday 16 July 1927
Time:12:19
Type:Caudron G
Owner/operator:Shanxi Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Taiyuan, Shanxi Province -   China
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
A Caudron trainer plane with an inexperienced pilot and a passenger on board crashed in a leafleting flight. It was surmised that the passenger mishandled the trainer's control system installed at the aft seat.

Date/time follows Ma (1994).

Sources:

Wang, Y. & Wang, S. 1996. Blood-red Skies—account of the aerial battles of China Air Force. Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: Sichuan People's Publishing House. 551 pp. (in Chinese)
Ma, Y. 1994. China Military Aviation. China: Aviation Industrial Press. (in Chinese)
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1621060607675835432&wfr=spider&for=pc
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1621059832303732151&wfr=spider&for=pc

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jun-2023 15:56 RDV Added
17-Sep-2024 12:08 RDV Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative, ]

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