ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340022
| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-33 |
| MSN: | 12359 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Moresby-Wards Airfield -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Port Moresby-Wards Airfield |
The C-47 was landing at Port Moresby-Wards Airfield when it swung to starboard and struck a bank. It appeared that the tail wheel was unlocked on landing.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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