Jakarta – Kupang – Darwin – Wyndham – Broome – Port Hedland – Perth

On March 3, 1942 at 10:30 AM, Jakarta – Kupang – Darwin – Wyndham – Broome – Port Hedland – Perth experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by KNILM - Koninklijke Nederlandse Indies Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Beagle Bay Western Australia.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. En route, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter (Mitsubishi Zero). The crew reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing in a field located near Carnot Peak, west of Beagle Bay. Three passengers and a crew member were killed while all eight other occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-AFV, MSN 1965, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.9837°, 122.6645°.