Narrative:
Crashed into wooded country shortly after takeoff.
CAUSE: "Failure of one engine, followed by an unsuccessfull effort by the pilot to maintain (or gain) height which resulted in the aircraft stalling. The height gained since takeoff was apparently insufficient to permit of recovery from the stall."
Loss of control
» Court of Inquiry report
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 27 March 1943 |
| Time: | 05:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-2 |
| MSN: | 6149 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 273 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) S of Brisbane-Archerfield RAAF Station, QLD ( Australia)
|
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (ACF/YBAF), Australia |
| Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY), Australia |
Crashed into wooded country shortly after takeoff.
Probable Cause:
CAUSE: "Failure of one engine, followed by an unsuccessfull effort by the pilot to maintain (or gain) height which resulted in the aircraft stalling. The height gained since takeoff was apparently insufficient to permit of recovery from the stall."
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Peter Dunn's Australia @ war» Court of Inquiry report
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD to Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD to Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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