A81-2

On November 25, 1953 at 12:00 AM, A81-2 experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Mallala South Australia.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While on an IFR training flight from Mallala by day in clear weather, the port mainplane parted from the fuselage. The aircraft crashed into a wheat field 2 miles from the RAAF Station. The three crew members were killed. The crash set the wheat field ablaze and the RAAF Mallala fire crews had to extinguish the the field fire to reach the crash site. The port wing was found 1.5 miles away. Crew: F/Lt J. D. Entwhistle, F/O Leonard Murphy F/O Donald Shillinglaw. Source: http://www.goodall.com.au

Aircraft reference details include registration A81-2, MSN 12805, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.4377°, 138.5103°.