Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 NOV 1953 |
| Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A81-2 |
| C/n / msn: | 12805 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) SW of Mallala, SA (Australia) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed after the mainplane seperated in flight in instrument weather conditions.
Sources:
» The Canberra Times Thursday 26 November 1953
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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.
