ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339525
| Date: | Thursday 14 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23959 |
| MSN: | 9821 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Port Moresby -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Townsville-Garbutt Airfield, QLD (TSV/YBTL) |
| Port Moresby (unknown airport) |
The Douglas C-47A took off from Townsville-Garbutt Airfield, Australia to Port Moresby, PNG. During the flight, the aircraft experienced trouble with the no. 1 engine and electrical system. Cargo was thrown out, but the aircraft continued to lose altitude. The no. 2 engine started to malfunction just as the aircraft reached the southern New Guinea coast. A force landing was carried out at Fairfax Cattle Station, about 15 miles west of Port Moresby.
Sources:
PacificWrecks.com
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