Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 FEB 1944 |
| Type: | Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra |
| Operator: | Guinea Airways Pty Ltd. |
| Registration: | VH-CXI |
| C/n / msn: | 1414 |
| First flight: | 1938 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Alice Springs Airport, NT (ASP) (Australia) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Alice Springs Airport, NT (ASP/YBAS), Australia |
| Adelaide-Parafield Airport, SA (YPPF), Australia |
The aircraft developed a swing on take-off and ground looped., The left hand main gear and nr.1 engine both separated. A propellor blade tore off and cut through the nose just forward of the pilot's feet. The damage was such that the aircraft was scrapped after usable parts had been removed.
Sources:
» The Lockheed File - VH-CXI
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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.
