Date:	Tuesday 21 January 1941
Time:
Type:	Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
Owner/operator:	China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
Registration:	23
MSN:	5-AT-101
Year of manufacture:	1931
Engine model:	P&W R-1340 Wasp
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Jishui County, Ji’an, Jiangxi Province -   China
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Flew into mountain peak in the Jiangxi province during a thunderstorm. One crew member survived.

The Ford flew into thunderstorm and its radio malfunctioned. The crew attempted an emergency landing, but the plane crashed onto mountains. Everyone aboard died except for a traveling CNAC radio operator, Peilun Zhang, who survived with serious injuries.

cnac.org
Chen, Siu Chan [Chen, Shaozeng]
CAAC's Editorial Board for Historical Records (CEBHR). 1997. Compilation of Historical Materials of China National Aviation Corporation [CNAC] and Eurasia-CATC [Central Air Transport Co.]. Beijing, China: CEBHR. 401 pp. (in Chinese)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
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