ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338722
Date: | Wednesday 7 February 1945 |
Time: | 19:15 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-49657 |
MSN: | 26918/15473 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 123 km W of Hechi -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hsian Airfield (SIA/ZLXG) |
Destination airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Narrative:The C-47B transport plane operated on a flight from Hsian to Kunming, China. There were four crew members and 35 Chinese passengers on board as the airplane took off about 15:00.
The airplane operated at a cruising altitude of 23.000 feet and above a solid overcast. At 19:15 the pilot ordered the flight surgeon and radio operator to bail out, apparently because the no. 1 engine was on fire. The airplane entered a spin and recovered. Both crew members bailed out and witnessed the airplane going down while trailing flames.
The USAAF operated out of a base at Hsian in 1945. The current name of this city is unclear. Xi'an seems unlikely given the location of the accident.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) Location
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