Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 16 January 1945
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: China National Aviation Corporation – CNAC
Registration Number: 93
Location: Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Douglas C-47 aircraftDouglas C-47 aircraft
Category: Accident
A Douglas C-47 aircraft, registration C-47 #93, carrying a valuable load of silk, experienced a sudden loss of contact with air traffic control near Kunming following a severe weather event. The aircraft flew above Weining County, Bijie, Guizhou Province, and subsequently crashed between Chongqing and Kunming. An aerial survey revealed the crash occurred near Chongqing.A Douglas C-47 aircraft, registration C-47 #93, carrying a valuable load of silk, experienced a sudden loss of contact with air traffic control near Kunming following a severe weather event. The aircraft flew above Weining County, Bijie, Guizhou Province, and subsequently crashed between Chongqing and Kunming. An aerial survey revealed the crash occurred near Chongqing.
Description
The flight transported a very valuable load of silk to Kunming when it flew past the destination in very bad weather. The Douglas C-47 #93 took off from Chongqing at 07:20. At 08:55 it was flying above Weining County, Bijie, Guizhou Province. Contact was lost 13 minutes later. The plane did not fly past Kunming as CNAC.org suggested; instead, it went down between Chongqing and Kunming. Aerial survey of the crash site was performed by another CNAC pilot, Rengeng Bian.
Source of Information
http://www.china918.org/news/read?id=1445http://www.china918.org/news/read?id=1445Primary Cause
Severe weather conditions, specifically bad weather, caused a loss of contact between the aircraft and air traffic control.Severe weather conditions, specifically bad weather, caused a loss of contact between the aircraft and air traffic control.Share on:
