| Date: | Thursday 26 April 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Registration: | VH-WWC |
| MSN: | 1859 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | nr Daru -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
Damaged and sank after swung on landing in crosswind.
Sources:
Consolidated production list / Geoff Goodall
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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