ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336142
| Date: | Monday 26 June 1950 |
| Time: | 22:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| Owner/operator: | Australian National Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | VH-ANA |
| MSN: | 42910 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 56 km E of Guildford, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Guildford Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) |
| Adelaide Airport, SA (ADL/YPAD) |
Douglas DC-4 "Amana" took off from Guildford (Perth) runway 29 at 21:50 for a flight to Melbourne via Adelaide. After departure the number four engine had been shut down by the flight crew and subsequently the remaining three engines had all failed for indeterminate periods. The crew turned left in an attempt to return to the airport. In a 15 degree turn the aircraft barely cleared a ridge line, struck a tree 30 feet off the ground and ploughed into a downward slope.
One passenger initially survived the accident, but died six days later.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
The Canberra Times, Monday 3 July 1950
Location
Images:
photo (c) Frank Leyden collection. NLA; unknown; 1947; (publicdomain)
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