| Date: | Thursday 2 September 1948 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Australian National Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | VH-ANK |
| MSN: | 9999 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Quirindi, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Brisbane-Eagle Farm Airport, QLD |
| Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
The DC-3, named "Lutana", strayed off course and crashed into the 4600 feet high Square Peak Mountain, 100 miles off course.
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