Lovely Banks - Lovely Banks

On November 17, 1968 at 12:00 AM, Lovely Banks - Lovely Banks experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.104 Dove, operated by City Centre Air Taxi Services, with the event recorded near Lovely Banks Victoria.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a local training flight at Lovely Banks Aerodrome, northwest of Geelong, Victoria. During the last segment, the level off was completed to high and the airplane struck the ground with its right main gear. Both occupants were uninjured but the aircraft was later considered as damaged beyond repair due to serious structure damages on the right wing.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-CTS, MSN 04119, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -38.0900°, 144.3359°.