- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 02, 1949 |
Time: | 02:15 |
Location: | Near Guildford, Australia |
Operator: | Mac Roberston-Miller Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Guildford - Darwin |
AC Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DL |
Registration: | VH-MME |
cn / ln: | 9350 |
Aboard: | 18 (passengers:14 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 18 (passengers:14 crew:4) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane rose to 600 ft. then nosed down and crashed into a housing camp south of Guildford shortly after taking off. Caused by a stall attributed to improper loading of the DC-3 which resuled in its center of gravity being beyond the permissible limit. |
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