Parkes - Parkes

On June 15, 1942 at 10:15 AM, Parkes - Parkes experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-2, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Parkes New South Wales.

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

11 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 11 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: 8, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was engaged in a circular training flight that was consisting of touch and go manoeuvre. After an umpteenth take off, while climbing at a height of 200 feet, the aircraft went out of control, hit a fence and crashed near the runway. All eleven occupants were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Crew: P/O C. R. N. Lewis, pilot, Lt N. C. P. Blight, pilot, F/O H. R. I. Cox. Passengers: SGT W. C. Arthur, Cpl I. B. Sharpe, Cpl N. H. Harris, LAC E. T. Ryan, AC1 M. Gilday, AC1 E. R. McPhee, AC1 D. J. Slatter, AC1 J. J. O’Donnell.

Aircraft reference details include registration A30-7, MSN 1290, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -33.1336°, 148.1752°.