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| Date: | Friday 8 January 1943 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-2-171 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A30-13 |
| MSN: | 1373 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1935 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cooktown Airport, QLD (CTN) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Cooktown Airport, QLD (CTN/YCKN) |
The pilot executed a go around at Cooktown Airport, QLD (CTN), Australia. The DC-2 then stalled 10 feet above runway, causing the starboard wing to contact the runway first, resulting in a groundloop.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Dibrugarh, Assam.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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