Accident Cessna 402 VH-WLC, Monday 22 December 1969

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Date:	Monday 22 December 1969
Time:	12:57
Type:	Cessna 402
Owner/operator:	Leighton Contractors Ltd
Registration:	VH-WLC
MSN:	402-0318
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	3.2km SE of Gove Airport, NT - Australia
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	YPGV
Destination airport:	YPDN
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
At approximately 1257 hours CST on 22nd December, 1969, a Cessna 402 aircraft, registered VH-WLC, crashed and caught fire when it struck trees shortly after taking off from Gove, Northern Territory.

Accident investigation: