Is China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) Safe?

We track reported incidents for China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). This page lists 30 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.

Most recent listed incident: 21 December 1948

Date: 21 December 1948

Flight: XT-104

Aircraft: Douglas C-54B

Location: Basalt Island

Summary: CFIT

Date: 25 January 1947

Flight: 138

Aircraft: Douglas DC-3

Location: 119 mi S of Chongqing

Summary: CFIT

Date: 5 January 1947

Flight: XT-T51 / 121

Aircraft: Curtiss C-46

Location: W of Qingdao

Summary: CFIT

Date: 25 December 1946

Flight: 140

Aircraft: Douglas C-47

Location: Hongqiao Airport

Summary: Poor visibility

Date: 25 December 1946

Flight: 115

Aircraft: Curtiss C-46

Location: Hongqiao Airport

Summary: Poor visibility

Date: 20 October 1945

Flight: 104

Aircraft: Douglas DC-3C

Location: 13 mi N of Suichang

Summary: CFIT

Date: 30 November 1944

Flight: 56

Aircraft: Douglas C-53

Location: Digboi Mountain

Summary: Possible contaminated fuel, loss of power

Date: 7 October 1944

Flight: 101

Aircraft: Douglas C-47B

Location: 20 mi W of Sadiya, Assam

Summary: Weather, spatial disorientation, wing separation

Date: 31 August 1944

Flight: 97

Aircraft: Douglas C-47A

Location: near Shimbuyang

Summary: Loss of power

Date: 1 August 1944

Flight: 73

Aircraft: Douglas C-47

Location: Baldy Mountain

Summary: Crew error, CFIT

Date: 18 June 1944

Flight: 71

Aircraft: Douglas C-47

Location: near Kweilin

Summary: Fuel exhaustion, CFIT

Date: 8 June 1944

Flight: 85

Aircraft: Douglas C-47A

Location: over Dinjan

Summary: Improper maintenance, in-flight explosion, in-flight breakup

Date: 26 May 1944

Flight: 82

Aircraft: Douglas C-47A

Location: Himalayas

Summary: Weather, CFIT

Date: 15 May 1944

Flight: 90

Aircraft: Douglas C-47A

Location: Patkai Range

Summary: Turbulence, CFIT

Date: 20 February 1944

Flight: 75

Aircraft: Douglas C-47A

Location: near Paoshan

Summary: Weather, CFIT

Date: 18 December 1943

Flight: 83

Aircraft: Douglas C-47A

Location: near Suifu

Summary: ATC error, pilot error, poor visibility, CFIT

Date: 19 November 1943

Flight: 59

Aircraft: Douglas C-53

Location: Kunming

Summary: Weather, poor visibility, crashed short of runway

Date: 19 November 1943

Flight: 63

Aircraft: Douglas C-47

Location: Kunming

Summary: Weather, poor visibility, pilot error, CFIT

Date: 13 October 1943

Flight: 72

Aircraft: Douglas C-47

Location: Sumprabum

Summary: Shot down

Date: 11 August 1943

Flight: 48

Aircraft: Douglas C-53

Location: Fort Hertz valley

Summary: Shot down

Date: 7 April 1943

Flight: 58 / 42-15890

Aircraft: Douglas C-53

Location: 30 mi NE of Minzong

Summary: Icing, weather, CFIT

Date: 13 March 1943

Flight: 49

Aircraft: Douglas C-53

Location: Himalayas

Summary: Unexplained disappearance

Date: 11 March 1943

Flight: 53

Aircraft: Douglas C-53

Location: near Luishui

Summary: CFIT

Date: 17 November 1942

Flight: 60

Aircraft: Douglas C-47

Location: Yunnan Province

Summary: Unexplained disappearance

Date: 14 March 1942

Flight: 31 Chungshan

Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-221

Location: near Kunming Airport

Summary: Overloading, engine failure, crash on takeoff

Date: 12 February 1941

Flight: 40 Kangting

Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-190

Location: Taohsien, Hunan

Summary: Weather, CFIT

Date: 20 January 1941

Flight: 23

Aircraft: Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor

Location: Jiangxi Province

Summary: Weather, CFIT

Date: 29 October 1940

Flight: 39 Chungking

Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-221

Location: near Changyi

Summary: Attacked and destroyed on the ground by Japanese fighters

Date: 24 August 1938

Flight: 32 Kweilin

Aircraft: Douglas DC-2-221

Location: Wangmoon

Summary: Attacked by Japanese fighters, forced landing

Date: 8 August 1937

Flight: NC16930 Chekiang

Aircraft: Sikorsky S-43W

Location: Chilang Point

Summary: Weather, water ditching