Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 JUL 1961 |
| Time: | 19:05 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-106 |
| C/n / msn: | 16542/33290 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Pearce, WA (Australia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pearce Airport, WA (YPEA), Australia |
| Edinburgh RAAF Station, Australia |
Crashed on a hillside shortly after takeoff. The C-47 was returning home after calibrating the Muchea Tracking Station in support of NASA's Mercury space launch project.
Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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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.
