ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339175
| Date: | Friday 10 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18547 |
| MSN: | 4672 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km from Yunnanyi -
 China
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yunnanyi Airport |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
The C-47 suffered a fire in the right hand engine. The propeller was feathered but the crew were unable to extinguish the fire. The airplane crashed.
At least one of the occupants died in the accident.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
MACR
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