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The pilot, on his first flight as a captain, was the first CNAC pilot to follow the new ATC procedure: climb to 10,000 feet over the RR marker before heading out on the Fox Charlie course. Severe turbulence drove the plane into a mountain ridge at 9000 feet.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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| Date: | lundi 15 mai 1944 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Immatriculation: | 90 |
| Numéro de série: | 19314 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1943 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Patkai Range ( Inde)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Moran Air Base, Inde |
| Shinbweyang (VYSB), Birmanie (Myanmar) |
The pilot, on his first flight as a captain, was the first CNAC pilot to follow the new ATC procedure: climb to 10,000 feet over the RR marker before heading out on the Fox Charlie course. Severe turbulence drove the plane into a mountain ridge at 9000 feet.
Sources:
» CNAC.org» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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