Alice Springs - Camooweal

On May 1, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Alice Springs - Camooweal experienced a crash involving Percival D.3 Gull Six, operated by Connellan Airways, with the event recorded near Camooweal Queensland.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. For unknown reason, the pilot was flying over the city of Camooweal at a very low height, causing the aircraft to hit electrical wires. A wing was cut and the aircraft crashed in the city. No one on the ground was injured but the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and the pilot, Kyle B. Sellick, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-UVA, MSN D.60.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -19.9218°, 138.1206°.