ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333527
| Date: | Monday 31 July 1961 |
| Time: | 19:05 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-106 |
| MSN: | 33290/16542 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Pearce, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pearce Airport, WA (YPEA) |
| Edinburgh RAAF Station, SA (YPED) |
Crashed on a hillside shortly after takeoff. The C-47 was returning home after calibrating the Muchea Tracking Station in support of NASA's Mercury space launch project.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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