Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 14 January 1945
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: China National Aviation Corporation – CNAC
Registration Number: 70
Location: nr Kambaiti –
ÿ Myanmar
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: C-47 aircraftC-47 aircraft
Category: Accident
A C-47 aircraft crashed and caught fire after a food drop near the Burma-China border. The aircraft was unable to maneuver to a mountain top and resulted in a crash approximately 1.5 miles Northwest of boundary post #37.A C-47 aircraft crashed and caught fire after a food drop near the Burma-China border. The aircraft was unable to maneuver to a mountain top and resulted in a crash approximately 1.5 miles Northwest of boundary post #37.
Description
Crashed and caught fire after food drop. The C-47 couldn’t pull over a mountain and hit the top. The plane crashed about 1,5 miles NNW of the boundary post #37 on Burma-China border.
Primary Cause
Food drop likely caused a loss of control and subsequent crash.Food drop likely caused a loss of control and subsequent crash.Share on:
