ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335050
| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1954 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-50 |
| MSN: | 13082 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3693 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Forrest Hill, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Canberra Airport, ACT (CBR/YSCB) |
| East Sale AB, VIC (YMES) |
En route to East Sale, the starboard engine failed. The plane lost altitude dramatically and was subject to severe turbulence. The pilot attempted a forced landing on an open flat amongst the forested mountains. The Douglas C-47A did not make it and contacted some trees. A large eucalypt tree crashed into the cockpit destroying the starboard side. The port wing sheared off and one of the blades of the starboard propeller sliced through the floor of the signaller's compartment.
Sources:
How a DC3 Came to Rest in the Australian Alps
Location
Images:
photo (c) RAAF; Forrest Hill, VIC; August 1954
photo (c) RAAF; Forrest Hill, VIC; August 1954
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