ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335037
| Date: | Tuesday 14 September 1954 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 414-08 Hudson IVA |
| Owner/operator: | John Fairfax & Sons |
| Registration: | VH-SML |
| MSN: | 6049 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Barrington Tops, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Taree Airport, NSW (TRO/YTRE) |
A Lockheed 414-08 Hudson cargo plane, VH-SML, departed Sydney-Mascot Airport, NSW (SYD) on a newspaper delivery flight to Taree, Kempsey, Armidale, Glen Innes, Tamworth and back to Sydney. The flight took off about 14:00 hours. Last radio contact with the crew was at 14:37 when they reported over Belford, expecting to land at Taree at 15:01.
The wreckage was found on December 22, 1955.
Sources:
The Sydney Morning Herald - 15 September 1954
adastron.com
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