ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337953
| Date: | Wednesday 27 June 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-77 |
| MSN: | 32679/15931 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Melbourne (unknown airport), VIC |
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 VHCIT.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
Argus, Thursday 28 June 1945
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