Brisbane – Daly Waters – Batchelor

On March 26, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Brisbane – Daly Waters – Batchelor experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by KNILM - Koninklijke Nederlandse Indies Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near Katherine Northern Territory.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 12 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: 10, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was carrying ten US soldiers and two crew to Batchelor. As the aircraft did not arrive, SAR operations were conducted. Four days later, the crew of a KNILM's DC-3 (PK-ALT) overflew the crash site. As all occupants seems to survive, foods and water were dropped to the zone and two days later, a truck arrived on the scene to evacuate all twelve occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-AFM, MSN 1411, year of manufacture 1938.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.4625°, 132.2583°.