Launceston - Melbourne

On December 29, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Launceston - Melbourne experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Australian National Airways - ANA, with the event recorded near Mangalore Victoria.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew (two pilots and one stewardess) was positioning from Launceston to Melbourne. On approach to Essendon, poor weather conditions forced ATC to close the airport to all trafic and VH-UZJ was diverted to Mangalore Airport. On approach, the aircraft was too low, crashed in a field and broke in two. All three crew members were injured and the aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-UZJ, MSN 2002, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -36.9246°, 145.1708°.