Chinese Air Force Flight 222
Republic of China Air Force C-47 Skytrain · Controlled flight into terrain (mountain)
From Beiping to Shanghai
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- Unknown
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
C-47 Skytrain
- Aircraft type
- C 47 SKYTRAIN
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Republic of China Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From BeipingTo Shanghai
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
Chinese Air Force Flight 222 was an aviation accident that occurred on 17 March 1946, when a Republic of China Air Force C-47 crashed into Mount Dai near Nanjing, killing all 20 people on board, including intelligence chief Dai Li.
Speculation has surrounded the cause of the crash, including theories that it was arranged either by Chinese Communist Party intelligence chief Kang Sheng of the Central Social Affairs Department or by the American Office of Strategic Services.
Accident
On 17 March 1946, the aircraft departed from Beiping, with a scheduled stopover in Tianjin and a final stop at Qingdao Cangkou Airport, en route to Shanghai. After departing Qingdao, the aircraft approached the Nanjing area. During the flight, it crashed into Mount Dai near Nanjing in what is believed to have been a controlled flight into terrain accident. According to contemporary records and an eyewitness, the aircraft clipped trees before slamming into a ridge.
Weather conditions and navigational factors are believed to have contributed to the crash. All passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Chinese Air Force Flight 222
- Article
- Chinese Air Force Flight 222
- Revision
- 1346686269 · 2026-04-02 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q133826994
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Chinese Air Force Flight 222" (page 82760497, revision 1346686269)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.