ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341074
| Date: | Saturday 27 March 1943 |
| Time: | 05:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-2 |
| MSN: | 6149 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 273 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km S of Brisbane-Archerfield RAAF Station, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (ACF/YBAF) |
| Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into wooded country shortly after takeoff.
CAUSE: "Failure of one engine, followed by an unsuccessfull effort by the pilot to maintain (or gain) height which resulted in the aircraft stalling. The height gained since takeoff was apparently insufficient to permit of recovery from the stall."
Sources:
Peter Dunn's Australia @ war
Court of Inquiry report
Location
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