Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 16 November 1943
Aircraft Type: Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 41-12327
Location: Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region? –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A Cessna aircraft crashed southeast of Kunming, Yunnan, China after the crew overflown Kunming airfield and continued its route to the southeast. Fuel exhaustion led to the pilot’s order to abandon the aircraft and all four crew members to bail out. The aircraft crashed in a prairie, resulting in four uninjured occupants.A Cessna aircraft crashed southeast of Kunming, Yunnan, China after the crew overflown Kunming airfield and continued its route to the southeast. Fuel exhaustion led to the pilot’s order to abandon the aircraft and all four crew members to bail out. The aircraft crashed in a prairie, resulting in four uninjured occupants.
Description
Crashed southeast of Kunming, Yunnan, China after crew bailed out due to fuel exhaustion (0/4 fatalities). [MACR 1150] The aircraft was on a flight from Chabua, Assam, India to Kunming, Yunnan, China. For unknown reason, the crew overflew Kunming airfield and continued their route to the southeast. A dozen minutes later, due to fuel exhaustion, the pilot ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft and all four crew members bailed out. The aircraft crashed in a prairie. All four occupants were uninjured. Accident location recorded as 208 km E of Kunming or Nanning (600 km SE of Kunming).
Source of Information
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-41-12284-to-41-12333-curtiss-c-46a-5-cu-commando/commando-41-12327.htmlhttp://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-41-12284-to-41-12333-curtiss-c-46a-5-cu-commando/commando-41-12327.htmlPrimary Cause
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