ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339584
| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 97 |
| MSN: | 20253 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Shimbuwang -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Over the Huhuang Valley both engines started to lose power. Weather was poor so a forced landing at Shimbuwang was impossible. The captain put the plane on autopilot and was able to bail out. One of the other crew members opened his chute before falling free of the plane and hung up on the tail. The other opened his chute in the plane and died in the crash.
Sources:
CNAC.org
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