Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 JUN 1957 |
| Type: | Lockheed 414-56 Hudson IIIA |
| Operator: | Adastra Airways |
| Registration: | VH-AGO |
| C/n / msn: | 6429 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Horn Island Airport, QLD (HID) (Australia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Survey/research |
| Departure airport: | Horn Island Airport, QLD (HID/YHID), Australia |
| Horn Island Airport, QLD (HID/YHID), Australia |
Crashed while trying to land at Horn Island runway 08 following engine problems. The airplane was operating on survey flights over the bauxite field at Weipa Mission.
Sources:
» The Age - Jun 25, 1957
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Distance from Horn Island Airport, QLD to Horn Island Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Horn Island Airport, QLD to Horn Island Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
