Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 27 JUN 1945 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-47B-25-DK |
| Operador: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registración: | A65-77 |
| Numéro de série: | 15931/32679 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 17 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD) (Australia) |
| Fase: | Despegue (TOF) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | 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.
Fuentes:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
» Argus, Thursday 28 June 1945
Fotos
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.
