Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 MAY 1950 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-105 |
| C/n / msn: | 1944 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) NNE of Georgetown Airport, QLD (GTT) (Australia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV/YBTL), Australia |
| Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN), Australia |
The Catalina flying boat departed Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV) at 07:00 on a flight to Darwin Airport, NT (DRW). Engine problems forced the crew to divert to Georgetown Airport, QLD (GTT). It circled the airport and crashed in heavy timber, bursting into flames.
Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
» The Sydney Morning Herald - May 9, 1950
» The Sydney Morning Herald - May 8, 1950
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Townsville Airport, QLD to Darwin Airport, NT as the crow flies is 1854 km (1159 miles).
Distance from Townsville Airport, QLD to Darwin Airport, NT as the crow flies is 1854 km (1159 miles).
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.
