| Date: | Monday 10 June 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Union of Burma Airways |
| Registration: | XY-ACS |
| MSN: | 9877 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tengchong County-Level City, Baoshan, Yunnan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) |
| Putao Airport (PBU/VYPT) |
The aircraft, on a domestic flight in Myanmar, got lost due to poor weather.
It presumably crashed after running out of fuel. The wreckage was discovered on July 1, 1963 in the Gaoligong Mountains to the east of Tengchong.
Sources:
Statistics
- 22nd worst accident in 1963
- 247th worst accident of this aircraft type
- 184th worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
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