Nouméa - Nouméa

On January 21, 1982 at 09:04 PM, Nouméa - Nouméa experienced a crash involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Nouméa-La Tontouta New Caledonia.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Nouméa-La Tontouta consisting of touch-and-go maneuvers. After takeoff, while climbing by night, the crew initiated a turn when the four engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Kokoreta at an altitude of 1,002 meters and located 10 km east of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven crew members were killed. Crew: LdV Guy Celton, pilot, MP Marcel Crusson, copilot, MP Monroe Podlesnik, mechanic, 1st M Bernard Lefuraut, mechanic, 1st M Claude Wullaert, navigator, 1st M Jean Decoudu, electronics, M Paul Gavard-Pivet, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration 49148/F-YEGA, MSN 27374, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.0149°, 166.2141°.