Shanghai - Guangzhou

On April 10, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Shanghai - Guangzhou experienced a crash involving Sikorsky S-38, operated by China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC, with the event recorded near Hangzhou Zhejiang.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. One hour after his departure from Shanghai, while overflying the Bay of Hangzhou, the crew encountered foggy conditions and informed his base he was returning to Shanghai. A brief message was transmitted with two audible words 'turning back'. Shortly later, the seaplane crashed in the Bay of Hangzhou, south of Shanghai. Some debris were found 10 days later and the dead body of the captain was found four months later. The passenger was a Japanese citizen. Crew: Robert H. Gast, pilot, James Frink, pilot, Ivan Carlson, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC17V, MSN 414-08, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.2490°, 120.2052°.