Chongqing – Kunming

On January 16, 1945 at 12:00 AM, Chongqing – Kunming experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC, with the event recorded near Yunnan Yunnan.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a cargo flight from Chongqing to Kunming with a load of silk. En route, it appears he lost his orientation and continued to the east part of Yunnan. Eventually, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and crashed some 160 km east of Kunming. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 93, MSN 19621, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.0000°, 102.0000°.