Cairns – Wau

On February 14, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Cairns – Wau experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by WR Carpenter %26 Company, with the event recorded near Cairns Queensland.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

Shortly after take off, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a mangrove. Both pilots were killed. They were performing a positioning flight to Wau on behalf of the company W.R. Carpenter to evacuate refugees.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-ADS, MSN 1431, year of manufacture 1938.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.9329°, 145.7611°.