Honiara - Piva

On April 23, 1945 at 09:24 AM, Honiara - Piva experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF, with the event recorded near Piva Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

On final approach, the twin engine aircraft stalled, crashed onto the runway and exploded. Two crew members were seriously injured while three others were killed. Crew: F/Lt Robert Lamason, † F/O Wilfred Hall, † LAC John Medhurst, † W/O P. Doody, LAC R. McAnich.

Aircraft reference details include registration NZ2012, MSN 414-3825, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.2168°, 155.0727°.