Canberra - Canberra

On March 19, 1957 at 08:23 PM, Canberra - Canberra experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Canberra Australian Capital Territory.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from runway 30 at Canberra Airport, while on a local training mission, the left engine lost power. Due to a technical issue on the regulator, the crew was unable to shot down the engine and to feather the propeller. The pilot-in-command continued to the south and while approaching Mt Pleasant, the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames at Duntroon, west of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all four crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt H. N.MacDonald, pilot, F/Sgt N. H. Charlton, copilot, Sgt I. A. Makrill, navigator, Sgt M. C. Coombe, signaler.

Aircraft reference details include registration A65-112, MSN 16555/33303, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -35.2965°, 149.1296°.