Sydney - Sydney

On October 27, 1952 at 11:30 AM, Sydney - Sydney experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Wollongong New South Wales.

The flight was categorized as meteorological / weather and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft left Sydney-Mascot at 1034LT on a meteorological mission consisting of clouds measurement with four crew members and two employees of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). While flying in poor weather conditions, the crew obtained the permission to descend from 6,000 to 2,000 feet when both engines failed simultaneously. The airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea about 27 miles east of Wollongong. Few debris were found floating on water and all six occupants have been killed. Crew: F/Lt A. Tafe, pilot, S/Ldr P. G. Fisher, copilot, W/O G. G. Bocquet, radio operator, ACW M. E. Costello. Passengers: Mr. F. Campbell, Mr. R. S. Styles.

Aircraft reference details include registration A65-113, MSN 16711/33459, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.3269°, 150.9183°.