Incident Overview
Date: Friday 28 September 1945
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 43-16350
Location: between Liangshan and Peishiyi –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Radio equipmentRadio equipment
Category: Accident
A Douglas C-47B transport plane lost during flight from Xian to Liangshan due to adverse weather conditions, specifically rain, which resulted in a short circuit in the radio equipment.A Douglas C-47B transport plane lost during flight from Xian to Liangshan due to adverse weather conditions, specifically rain, which resulted in a short circuit in the radio equipment.
Description
A Douglas C-47B transport plane went missing during a flight from Hsian (now known as Xian) to Liangshan (now known as Liangping). Bad weather and rain is thought to have shorted out the radio equipment.
Source of Information
https://etvma.org/veterans/robert-s-abeel-jr-8830/https://etvma.org/veterans/robert-s-abeel-jr-8830/Primary Cause
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