Hobart – Melbourne

On March 10, 1946 at 08:55 PM, Hobart – Melbourne experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Australian National Airways - ANA, with the event recorded near Hobart Tasmania.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

25 people were known to be on board, 25 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 21, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Two minutes after takeoff from Hobart-Cambridge Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft went out of control, nosed down and crashed in the Derwent estuary, near the Seven Mile Beach. The aircraft was destroyed and no survivor was found among the 25 occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-AET, MSN 6013, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -42.8476°, 147.3527°.