- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 31, 1954
Time: 1510
Location: Mangalore, Australia
Operator: TAA
Flight #: ?
Route: Training
AC Type: Vickers 720 Viscount
Registration: VH-TVA
cn / ln: 44
Aboard: 8   (passengers:0  crew:8)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed during takeoff. An error of judgement on the part of the pilot-in-command in that he took the aircraft into the air at a speed below the minimum control speed, following loss of directional control during the ground run.
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