Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 17 March 1946
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator: ROC Air Force
Registration Number: 222
Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: C-47 SkytrainC-47 Skytrain
Category: Accident
A Douglas C-47 Skytrain crashed in Nanjing, resulting in the deaths of four crew members and nine passengers. Lieutenant General Dai Li, head of China’s Military Intelligence Service, was identified as a key figure in conspiracy theories surrounding the crash, stemming from a consistent description of the aircraft’s trajectory ? a clipped landing before impact with a ridge ? which aligns with a CFIT accident scenario.A Douglas C-47 Skytrain crashed in Nanjing, resulting in the deaths of four crew members and nine passengers. Lieutenant General Dai Li, head of China’s Military Intelligence Service, was identified as a key figure in conspiracy theories surrounding the crash, stemming from a consistent description of the aircraft’s trajectory ? a clipped landing before impact with a ridge ? which aligns with a CFIT accident scenario.
Description
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain was destroyed when it went down in Nanjing. All four crew and nine passengers died. One of the occupants killed was Lieutenant General Dai Li, head of China’s Military Intelligence Service, whose identity fueled many conspiracy theories about the cause of the crash. According to contemporary records and an eyewitness’ account, the C-47 clipped trees before slamming into a ridge. This description was consistent with a CFIT accident.
Source of Information
https://www.dailyqd.com/arc/2014-03/12/content_34493.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Li, https://web.archive.org/web/20240110082442/http://www.chinaqw.com/news/200812/30/144584.shtmlhttps://www.dailyqd.com/arc/2014-03/12/content_34493.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Li, https://web.archive.org/web/20240110082442/http://www.chinaqw.com/news/200812/30/144584.shtmlPrimary Cause
CFIT accident ? a clipped landing onto a ridge.CFIT accident ? a clipped landing onto a ridge.Share on:
