ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339854
| Date: | Sunday 18 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 71 |
| MSN: | 9013 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kweilin -
 China
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
| Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport (CKG/ZUCK) |
Poor weather at Chongqing forced the captain to divert to Kweilin, which also closed. After holding there, fuel exhaustion forced the pilots to descend. The C-47 crashed into a mountain.
Sources:
CNAC.org
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