- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 24, 1945
Time: 1030
Location: Gealdton, Australia
Operator: Mac Robertson Miller Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: Perth - Geraldton - Carnarvon - Port Hedland
AC Type: de Havilland DH-86A
Registration: VH-USF
cn / ln: 2310
Aboard: 11   (passengers:9  crew:2)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:1  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The takeoff appeared normal but the aircraft did not climb and turned back for a landing. It flew hangars at about 300 feet then made a steep turn to port, followed by a wide low circuit back to the runway with port wing low. When just inside the airport, it dropped heavily on the starboard main undercarriage, bounced, contacted the ground with the tail wheel and bounced again. Striking the ground for the third time, on the port main wheel, as it bounced higher, engine power was applied but the aircraft swung to the left, banking steeply until the left wings were torn off by ground contact. The aircraft cartwheeled and hit the ground nose-first.
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