| Date: | Saturday 29 November 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-89 |
| MSN: | 32881/16133 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East Sale, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | East Sale AB, VIC (YMES) |
The C-47 was reportedly taken on an illegal (joy?) flight and crashed by an RAAF aircraftsman who was not a trained pilot.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
Images:
photo (c) RAAF; East Sale, VIC; 29 November 1958
photo (c) RAAF; East Sale, VIC; 29 November 1958
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