Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JUN 1945 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-25-DK |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-77 |
| C/n / msn: | 15931/32679 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD) (Australia) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY), Australia |
| Melbourne (unknown airport), VIC, Australia |
The C-47 did not gain enough height on takeoff from Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD). It struck a mound of earth near Cook's River.
The airplane carried the dual civil registration VH-CIT.
Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
» Argus, Thursday 28 June 1945
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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.
