ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) 70 Kambaiti
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Date:Sunday 14 January 1945
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Operator:China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC
Registration: 70
MSN: 9014
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:nr Kambaiti (   Myanmar)
Phase: Maneuvering (MNV)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Dinjan Airport, India
Narrative:
Crashed and caught fire after food drop. The C-47 couldn't pull over a mountain and hit the top. The plane crashed about 1,5 miles NNW of the boundary post #37 on Burma-China border.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» CNAC.org
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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