Détails:
The Heron took off from Darwin at 11:33 for a 1hour and 20 minutes-flight to Baucau. At 12:10 there was radio contact with a company DH-104 Dove (CR-TAG) flying from Baucau to Darwin. This was the last contact with the flight before it crashed into the sea, NW of Bathurst Island.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "It was concluded that the most likely chief cause of the accident lay in the fact that the pilot was flying the aircraft in bad visibility conditions for which he was not duly qualified, and it was presumed that reasons of a psychological nature accounted for the accident."
accident date: 26-01-1960
type: de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2D
registration: CR-TAI
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | mardi 26 janvier 1960 |
| Heure: | 12:30 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2D |
| Compagnie: | Transportes Aéreos de Timor |
| Immatriculation: | CR-TAI |
| Numéro de série: | 14132 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1959 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 7 / à bord: 7 |
| Total: | victimes: 9 / à bord: 9 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | NW off Bathurst Island, NT ( Australie)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Charter International |
| Aéroport de départ: | Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN), Australie |
| Baucau-English Madeira Airport (BCH/WPEC), Timor Oriental |
The Heron took off from Darwin at 11:33 for a 1hour and 20 minutes-flight to Baucau. At 12:10 there was radio contact with a company DH-104 Dove (CR-TAG) flying from Baucau to Darwin. This was the last contact with the flight before it crashed into the sea, NW of Bathurst Island.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "It was concluded that the most likely chief cause of the accident lay in the fact that the pilot was flying the aircraft in bad visibility conditions for which he was not duly qualified, and it was presumed that reasons of a psychological nature accounted for the accident."
Photos
accident date: 26-01-1960
type: de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2D
registration: CR-TAI
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Darwin Airport, NT et Baucau-English Madeira Airport est de 653 km (408 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Darwin Airport, NT et Baucau-English Madeira Airport est de 653 km (408 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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