Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JAN 1951 |
| Type: | Douglas VC-47D-27-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Air Carriers |
| Registration: | VR-HEP |
| C/n / msn: | 15782/32530 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 6,5 km (4.1 mls) W of Sungei Padi (Malaysia) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Butterworth Airport (BWH/WMKB), Malaysia |
| Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI/WBKK), Malaysia |
Crashed into Bukit Besar mountain.
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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 Butterworth Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport as the crow flies is 1725 km (1078 miles).
Distance from Butterworth Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport as the crow flies is 1725 km (1078 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.
