ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336512
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Date: | Wednesday 29 December 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-232 |
Owner/operator: | Australian National Airways - ANA |
Registration: | VH-UZJ |
MSN: | 2002 |
Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 6,5 km N of Mangalore, VIC -
Australia
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Western Junction Airport, TAS (LST/YMLT) |
Destination airport: | Melbourne-Essendon Airport, VIC (MEB/YMEN) |
Narrative:Bad weather at destination Essendon caused the closure of this airfield. The aircraft diverted to Mangalore where it undershot the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot to maintain a safe altitude when making an approach at night to land at Mangalore Aerodrome."
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