PK-GDC

On January 21, 1974 at 12:00 AM, PK-GDC experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Garuda Indonesian Airways, with the event recorded near Broome Western Australia.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a positioning flight to Broome to pick up oil rig workers to Portuguese Timor on behalf of the Burma Oil Company. The approach and landing were completed in heavy rain falls due to monsoon. After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and lost its undercarriage and engines before coming to rest. All three crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-GDC, MSN 20041, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.9616°, 122.2240°.