Date:	Sunday 23 November 1947
Time:
Type:	Bristol 170 Freighter IA
Owner/operator:	Bristol Aeroplane Company
Registration:	G-AIMC
MSN:	12793
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Wau Airport (WUG) -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Wau Airport (WUG/AYWU)

Narrative:
The Bristol landed uphill on the inclined Wau runway. At the end of the landing run the brake cable failed, causing the aircraft to run backwards, ending up in a ditch.

Piston Engine Airliner Production List / A.B. Eastwood, J. Roach, 1996
The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain
WAAS
Flight International 31 October 1947

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