Date & Time:
Apr 1, 1943 at 1040 LT
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.84 Dragon
Operator:
Registration:
A34-45
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
2034
YOM:
1942
Country:
Australia
Region:
Oceania
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
253
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Tennant Creek, the right propeller separated from the engine. As the pilot was unable to maintain a safe altitude, he attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed close to a road some 56 km north of Tennant Creek, bursting into flames. All three occupants escaped uninjured while the airplane was destroyed by fire.
Crew:
P/O F. G. Anderson.
Passengers:
F/O C. L. Karutz,
Sgt McNamara.
Crew:
P/O F. G. Anderson.
Passengers:
F/O C. L. Karutz,
Sgt McNamara.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right propeller that detached in flight.
