Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 APR 1945 |
| Time: | 05:33 |
| Type: | Douglas R4D-5 |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39067 |
| C/n / msn: | 10017 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | W of Perth, WA (Australia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guildford Airport, WA (PER/YPPH), Australia |
| Adelaide Airport, SA (ADL/YPAD), Australia |
Crashed three minutes after takeoff from runway 11. The aircraft struck the rising stony ground.
Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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Map
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 Guildford Airport, WA to Adelaide Airport, SA as the crow flies is 2109 km (1318 miles).
Distance from Guildford Airport, WA to Adelaide Airport, SA as the crow flies is 2109 km (1318 miles).
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.
