Narrative:
Returned due to no.1 engine failure; had to go around because of traffic on the runway and collided with telephone wires, crashing into a house.
» Daily Mercury - Mon 27 Mar 1950
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1950 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 414-08 Hudson IVA |
| Operating for: | Mandated Airines Ltd. - MAL |
| Leased from: | Fawcett Aviation Service |
| Registration: | VH-BDN |
| MSN: | 6044 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Lae Airfield ( Papua New Guinea)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Lae Airfield, Papua New Guinea |
| Lae Airfield, Papua New Guinea |
Returned due to no.1 engine failure; had to go around because of traffic on the runway and collided with telephone wires, crashing into a house.
Sources:
» The Lockheed File - VH-BDN» Daily Mercury - Mon 27 Mar 1950
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