Statuts:
Date:	30 NOV 1961
Heure:	19:25
Type/Sous-type:	Vickers 720 Viscount
Compagnie:	Ansett-ANA
Immatriculation:	VH-TVC
Numéro de série:	46
Année de Fabrication:	1954
Heures de vol:	16946
Equipage:	victimes: 4 / à bord: 4
Passagers:	victimes: 11 / à bord: 11
Total:	victimes: 15 / à bord: 15
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	ca 5 km S of Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD) (Australie)
Phase de vol:	En vol (ENR)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Nat.
Aéroport de départ:	Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY), Australie
Aéroport de destination:	Canberra Airport, ACT (CBR/YSCB), Australie

Détails:
The Ansett Viscount crashed into Botany Bay, nine minutes after takeoff from Sydney.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident was the failure in flight of the starboard outer wing in upward bending due to tensile overloading of the lower spar boom at station 323, probably induced by a combination of manoeuvre and gust loading when the speed of the aircraft was in excess of 260kts. The circumstances and available evidence carry a strong implication that the in-flight structural failure was preceded by a loss of control with a consequential increase in speed to at least 260 knots. The most probable explanation for the loss of control is that the aircraft entered an area of unexpected turbulence of such severity as to deprive the pilots of full recovery."

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