| Date: | Wednesday 29 December 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Australian National Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | VH-UZJ |
| MSN: | 2002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,5 km N of Mangalore, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Western Junction Airport, TAS (LST/YMLT) |
| Melbourne-Essendon Airport, VIC (MEB/YMEN) |
Bad weather at destination Essendon caused the closure of this airfield. The aircraft diverted to Mangalore where it undershot the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot to maintain a safe altitude when making an approach at night to land at Mangalore Aerodrome."
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