Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 18 December 1943
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: China National Aviation Corporation – CNAC
Registration Number: 83
Location: Yibin, Sichuan Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Category: Accident
Description
The approach into Suifu below minimums was aborted. While going around, the plane few into a cliff, 150 feet from the top. The aircraft carried a cargo of 100-octane gas, exploded and burned. Heavy fog was present in the area.
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