Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 MAR 1954 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-5-DK |
| Operator: | Queensland Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-BBV |
| C/n / msn: | 12360 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Mackay Airport, QLD (MKY) (Australia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mackay Airport, QLD (MKY/YBMK), Australia |
| Rockhampton Airport, QLD (ROK/YBRK), Australia |
Crashed into the sea.
Sources:
» The Canberra Times Monday 15 March 1954
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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 Mackay Airport, QLD to Rockhampton Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 279 km (174 miles).
Distance from Mackay Airport, QLD to Rockhampton Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 279 km (174 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.
