Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 18 June 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: China National Aviation Corporation – CNAC
Registration Number: 71
Location: Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: C-47 aircraftC-47 aircraft
Category: Accident
A C-47 aircraft experienced poor weather in Chongqing, leading to a diversion to Kweilin. Fuel exhaustion forced a descent, resulting in a crash into a mountain. The aircraft’s crew survived, but one passenger was fatally injured. The original registration was incorrectly recorded as June 16, 1944.A C-47 aircraft experienced poor weather in Chongqing, leading to a diversion to Kweilin. Fuel exhaustion forced a descent, resulting in a crash into a mountain. The aircraft’s crew survived, but one passenger was fatally injured. The original registration was incorrectly recorded as June 16, 1944.
Description
Poor weather at Chongqing forced the captain to divert to Kweilin, which also closed. After holding there, fuel exhaustion forced the pilots to descend. The C-47 crashed into a mountain. This airplane was formerly registered 42-32787 in USAAF. The crew survived the crash, but one passenger was fatally injured. CEBHR (1997) alternatively recorded the date of this accident as 16th instead of 18th June, 1944.
Source of Information
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1943China/d609https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1943China/d609Primary Cause
Poor weather conditions and fuel exhaustion during a diversion.Poor weather conditions and fuel exhaustion during a diversion.Share on:
