| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | John Fairfax & Sons |
| Registration: | VH-SMH |
| MSN: | 13157 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bungulla, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Camden Airfield, NSW (CDU/YSCN) |
| Tenterfield Airport, NSW (YTFD) |
The DC-3 crashed into a cloud-covered hill. The airplane was used for newspaper (Sydney Moming Herald) deliveries to country districts.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the pilot to adopt the minimum terrain clearance for flight under Instrument Flight Rules. A contributory cause of the accident was that the pilot flew the aircraft lower than 500ft prior to entering the low cloud."
Sources:
John Darcy Williams (e-mail 19 June 2016)
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